Andaman
Americanadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Leaping from a small boat in choppy waters off India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, George Washington jumps on board the only ferry service connecting hundreds of communities across the strategic archipelago.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Anthropologist Anstice Justin, 71, took part in the government's limited contact missions to the restricted North Sentinel island in the Andaman Sea between 1986 and 2004.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
The initial rollout will begin in selected regions, including Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Goa, Karnataka, Mizoram and Odisha.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
The find adds to the growing list of unique wildlife recorded in the Andaman and Nicobar region, an area known for its rich but still underexplored biodiversity.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2025
Only on the remote Andaman Islands do languages unrelated to the South Chinese language families persist—the last linguistic survivors of what must have been hundreds of now extinct aboriginal Southeast Asian languages.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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