Belitung
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia launched a search operation near Belitung island in the Java Sea.
From US News • Dec. 29, 2014
There was bad weather over Belitung at the time and the aircraft had been flying at 32,000 feet before asking to fly at 38,000 feet to avoid clouds.
From Reuters • Dec. 28, 2014
It was roughly halfway between Surabaya and Singapore when it went missing in bad weather, somewhere from Tanjung Pandan on Indonesia's Belitung island to Pontianak, in West Kalimantan, Borneo.
From Reuters • Dec. 28, 2014
A long, boot-shaped belt of the metal stretches from Burma all the way down through Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, with Bangka and its sister island Belitung comprising its toe.
From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2012
Timah, the world’s biggest tin-exporting company, may meet contractual orders while halting spot sales, Eko Mulana Ali, provincial governor of Bangka Belitung, the main producing region, said on Nov. 2.
From BusinessWeek • Nov. 21, 2011
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