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Buru

American  
[boor-oo] / ˈbʊər u /

noun

  1. an island of E Indonesia: one of the Molucca Islands.


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Earlier, a chief magistrate at Nairobi's Milimani law courts ruled that the state had failed to prove its case against Sheikh Buru.

From BBC • May 6, 2022

He chose to stay in Buru after Suharto government released him at the end of the 1970s.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2015

AWE Ltd. and Buru Energy Ltd. are among other potential investments, he said.

From BusinessWeek • Jan. 18, 2012

The Buru Quarter was a story told in prison and later written down and smuggle out of Indonesia for publication.

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2011

Buru mununmang, a kangaroo large; burubula mununbula, a couple of large kangaroos; burudyimma munundyimma, several large kangaroos.

From The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales by Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton)

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