Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bougainville

2 senses of bougainville

Sense 1
Bougainville, Louis Antoine de Bougainville -- (French explorer who circumnavigated the globe accompanied by scientists (1729-1811))
       INSTANCE OF=> explorer, adventurer -- (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

Sense 2
Bougainville -- (the largest of the Solomon Islands; a province of Papua New Guinea)
       INSTANCE OF=> island -- (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)