North Solomons can refer to three overlapping sets of Melanesian islands in the Western Pacific:
- North Solomon Islands refers to the former colony of the German Solomon Islands, mostly in the present republic of the Solomon Islands
- North Solomons Province, also known as Bougainville after its largest island, is now a province of Papua New Guinea
- Republic of North Solomons in part of the above, which unilaterally declared its independence but was reabsorbed into Papua New Guinea
Famous quotes containing the word north:
“The Anglo-Saxon hive have extirpated Paganism from the greater part of the North American continent; but with it they have likewise extirpated the greater portion of the Red race. Civilization is gradually sweeping from the earth the lingering vestiges of Paganism, and at the same time the shrinking forms of its unhappy worshippers.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)