Sunda Islands

Also Soen·da Is·lands

[suhn-duh ahy-luhndz, soon-dah]

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plural noun

a chain of islands in the Malay Archipelago, including Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra, and Java Greater Sunda Islands; and a group of smaller islands extending E from Java to Timor Lesser Sunda Islands.

Sunda Islands

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plural noun

Former spelling: Soenda Islands.��a chain of islands in the Malay Archipelago, consisting of the Greater Sunda Islands (chiefly Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Sulawesi) and Nusa Tenggara (the Lesser Sunda Islands)

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Native to Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands, Komodo dragons are the largest living lizards.

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The great and little Sunda Islands and the Moluccas embrace 109 volcanoes, with fiery eruptions, and 10 what are called mud-volcanoes.

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Many difficulties opposed themselves to the realisation of his darling project—a visit to the Sunda Islands.

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Malay Archipelago Sunda Islands East Indies, m n In general: Included in this group are the best-known coffees from Sumatra, Java, Timor, Celebes, etc.

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In the Sunda Islands they eat the seeds roasted and also extract from them an illuminating oil.

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sundae sun dance

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