Bangka
Americannoun
noun
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In a city social welfare center near Bangka Park the following week, people slept on the floor near the elevator, around the reception counter and next to racks of donated clothing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2020
The Australian historian also cites an account of a Japanese soldier who was being treated for malaria nearby on Bangka Island, which is off Sumatra.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2019
Air Force spokesman Hadi Thahjanto said two C-130 Hercules planes were focusing their search efforts in areas northeast of Indonesia's Bangka island, which lies roughly halfway between Surabaya and Singapore, in the Java Sea.
From Reuters • Dec. 29, 2014
For example Friends of the Earth is running a campaign to get Apple to take responsibility for how tin is mined in Bangka, in Indonesia.
From Forbes • Nov. 8, 2013
Of this sand, at Bangka, a pikul, or 133 pounds is said to yield about 75 pounds of the metal.
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William
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