Aru Islands

American  

[ahr-oo ahy-luhndz] / ˈɑr u ˈaɪ ləndz /

Sometimes Arru Islands

plural noun

1. an island group in Indonesia, southwest of New Guinea. 3,306 sq. mi. (8,565 sq. km).

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Aru Islands British  

/ ˈɑːruː /

plural noun

1. a group of islands in Indonesia, in the SW Moluccas. Area: about 8500 sq km (3300 sq miles)

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Aru Islands

These inhabit New Guinea, the Aru Islands, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands and various of the small surrounding islands.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 17, 2014

Black tree monitors are found only on Indonesia’s Aru Islands, and for good reason.

From Washington Post

In the Aru Islands are found a number of birds of paradise, some, indeed, of the most beautiful, which I will describe shortly.

From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Of thirteen species of Papilionidæ obtained in the Aru Islands, six were also found in New Guinea, and seven not.

From Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays by Wallace, Alfred Russel

P.S.—During one of the later French voyages, a wild pig was killed and brought from the Aru Islands to Paris.

From Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 by Marchant, James