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Autonomous Region of Bougainville In developmental psychology and morality, moral, political, and bioethics, bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. Autonomous organizations or institutions are independent or self-governing. Auto ...
, historically known as the North Solomons, **
Bougainville Island Bougainville Island (; Tok Pisin: ''Bogenvil'') is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea. Its land area is . The highest point is Mount Balbi, on the main island, at . The much smaller Buk ...
, the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea *** Bougainville campaign, World War II *
Bougainville, Somme Bougainville (; ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Bougainville is situated on the D141 road, some west of Amiens. Population Places of interest * Church of Saint-Arnould (18th century) ...
, a commune in Somme département, France *
Bougainville Strait Bougainville Strait separates Choiseul Island, part of Solomon Islands, from Bougainville Island, part of Papua New Guinea. The first European to pass through the strait was Louis Antoine de Bougainville in 1768, whose name was given to this water ...
, a strait which separates Choiseul Island (Solomon Islands) from Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea) * Cape Bougainville, East Falkland, Falkland Islands, Falklands (United Kingdom); a cape * ''Isla Bougainville'', the Spanish name for
Lively Island Lively Island () is the largest of the Lively Island Group of the Falkland Islands, The island group lies east of East Falkland. Lively Island is the largest rat-free island in the Falklands, hence its importance to birdlife. The island is owned ...
in the Falkland Islands


People

* Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811), French navigator, explorer, and military commander *
Hyacinthe de Bougainville Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Potentien, baron de Bougainville (; 26 December 1781 – 18 October 1846) was a French naval officer. He was the son of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville.Randier, p.292 He became Rear-Admiral on 1 May 1838. Career As a y ...
(1781–1846), French naval officer and son of Louis Antoine de Bougainville * Jean-Pierre de Bougainville (1722-1763), French writer, member of the Académie française, brother to Louis Antoine de Bougainville


Ships

* French ship ''Bougainville'', various French ships named in honour of Louis Antoine de Bougainville * Bougainville-class aviso, a group of colonial avisos, or sloops, built for the French Navy during the 1930s * USS ''Bougainville'' (CVE-100), later CVU-100, a United States Navy ''Casablanca''-class escort aircraft carrier * CMA CGM ''Bougainville'', a motor vessel, container ship of the French company CMA CGM, flagged by France


Literature and film

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Bougainville – Our Island Our Fight ''Bougainville – Our Island Our Fight'' is a 1998 Australian documentary film. It was produced and directed by Wayne Coles-Janess. The film focuses on the guerrillas of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army in Papua New Guinea as they fight ...
'', a documentary film directed by Wayne Coles-Janess * ''Bougainville'' (novel), a 1981 novel by Dutch author F. Springer * ''The Tetherballs of Bougainville'', a 1998 novel by American author
Mark Leyner Mark Leyner (born January 4, 1956) is an American postmodernist author. Biography Mark Leyner was born in Jersey City, NJ to a Jewish family. He is the son of Joel and Muriel (née Chasan) Leyner, who had divorced by 1997. Leyner received a B ...


Other uses

* Comte de Bougainville (Count of Bougainville), a French title of nobility held by
Louis Antoine de Bougainville Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (; 12 November 1729 – 31 August 1811) was a French military officer and explorer. A contemporary of the British explorer James Cook, he served in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. B ...
* Bougainville Park, Papeete, French Polynesia (France); a park in
Papeete Papeete (Tahitian language, Tahitian: ''Papeʻetē'', pronounced ; old name: ''Vaiʻetē''Personal communication with Michael Koch in ) is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the France, French Republic in the Pacific ...


See also

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Bougainvillea ''Bougainvillea'' ( , ) is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees belonging to the family, Nyctaginaceae. They are native to Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and Argentina. There are between 4 and 22 species in the genus. The i ...
'', a genus of flowering plants native to South America * ''
Bougainvillia ''Bougainvillia'' is a genus of hydroids in the family Bougainvilliidae in the class Hydrazoa. Members of the genus are characterised by having the marginal tentacles of their medusae arranged in four bundles. Some species are solitary and ot ...
'', a genus of hydroids * ''
Bougainvilliidae Bougainvilliidae is a family of marine hydroids in the class Hydrozoa. Members of the family are found worldwide. There are sixteen accepted genera and about ninety-three species. Description Hydroids in this family can be solitary or colonial. ...
'', a familia of hydroids * Bougainville Campaign, a World War II military campaign fought from 1943 to 1945 between the Allies and Japan on and around Bougainville Island **
Bougainville counterattack The Bougainville counterattack, also known as the Second Battle of Torokina,Shindo (2016), p. 62. was an unsuccessful Japanese offensive against the Allies of World War II, Allied base at Cape Torokina on Bougainville Island during the Pacific ...
, a battle within the campaign during March 1944 *
Bougainville Civil War The Bougainville conflict, also known as the Bougainville Civil War, was a multi-layered armed conflict fought from 1988 to 1998 in the North Solomons Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG) between PNG and the secessionist forces of the Bougainvi ...
, 1988–1998 *
Bougainville People's Congress The Bougainville People's Congress was a pro-independence organisation and later political party in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. History It was established in the late 1990s as a representative body during the Bougain ...
, a pro-independence organisation and later political party * New Bougainville Party, founded 2005 {{Disambiguation, geo, surname, ship