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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Example Sentences

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

Now fresh troops and supplies were being pushed forward into bases farther west � Timor, Amboina, the Aru Islands and New Guinea's western shore.

From Time Magazine Archive

The brig then made sail to the southward, to visit the Aru Islands, which Mr Hooker was desirous of exploring.

From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles

We approached the Aru Islands from the southward.

From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles