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Borneo

[bawr-nee-oh]
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noun
  1. an island in the Malay Archipelago, politically divided among Indonesia, Malaysia, and the British-protected sultanate of Brunei. 290,000 sq. mi. (750,000 sq. km).
Related formsBor·ne·an, adjective, noun
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Historical Examples

  • All hands applauded when the deed was done, as the Bornean washed his keen blade.

    Four Young Explorers

    Oliver Optic

  • "Not much of it here is found," added Achang Bakir, the Bornean.

  • "So quick as you could cut it down," insisted the Bornean stoutly.

  • The Bornean spoke to a man who seemed to be the captain and a Malay.

  • "Fixed so that snake can't get off the post into house," the Bornean explained.

British Dictionary definitions for bornean

Bornean

adjective
  1. of or relating to Borneo or its inhabitants
noun
  1. a native or inhabitant of Borneo

Borneo

noun
  1. an island in the W Pacific, between the Sulu and Java Seas, part of the Malay Archipelago: divided into Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah, and the sultanate of Brunei; mountainous and densely forested. Area: about 750 000 sq km (290 000 sq miles)
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Word Origin and History for bornean

Borneo

large island in Indonesia, from Portuguese alteration of Brunei, which is today the name of a sultanate on the island. This is Hindi and probably ultimately from Sanskrit bhumi "land, region."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
bornean in Culture

Borneo

Island in Indonesia southwest of the Philippines and north of Java.

Note

The third-largest island in the world, Borneo is mostly covered by dense jungle and rain forest.
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