Sunda Islands

[ suhn-duh-ahy-luhndz; Dutch soon-dah ]

plural noun
  1. 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 ).

  • Also Soen·da Is·lands [soon-dah ahy-luhndz]. /ˈsun dɑ ˈaɪ ləndz/.

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How to use Sunda Islands in a sentence

  • Lastly, for the Sunda Islands, Rumphius2121 is as usual one of the most interesting authorities.

    Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De Candolle
  • In the Sunda Islands they eat the seeds roasted and also extract from them an illuminating oil.

  • The forest-flora of the Moluccas differs but little from that of the Sunda Islands.

    The Desert World | Arthur Mangin
  • We had put about and set our course for the Sunda Islands when an unfortunate calm befell us.

    Frank Merriwell's Triumph | Burt L. Standish
  • Sunda Islands, a name sometimes applied to the long chain of islands stretching SE.

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British Dictionary definitions for Sunda Islands

Sunda Islands

/ (ˈsʌndə) /


pl n
  1. 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): Former spelling: Soenda Islands

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