Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Quinine. Quinine is a natural white crystalline alkaloid having antipyretic, antimalarial, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory properties and a bitter taste. It is a stereoisomer of quinidine which, unlike quinine, is an antiarrhythmic.
Papua New Guinea is the closest country to Australia. Australia's northern tip, Cape York, is about 150km from Papua New Guinea.Papua New Guinea is followed, in order, by Eas â¦ t Timor, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Philippines, Brunei then New Zealand.Australia is an island continent, it's nearest neighbors are New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.apua New Guinea is the closest country to Australia. Australia's northern tip, Cape York, is about 150km from Papua New Guinea.
The largest, western most island of Indonesia is Sumatra. This is true only if one considers ownership of an entire island. However, the island of Borneo is almost twice as large, and Indonesia controls more square miles of this island - than the entire size of Sumatra - even though Indonesia shares Borneo with the countries of Malaysia, and Brunei.