Billiton

American  

[bih-lee-ton] / bɪˈli tɒn /

Also Belitoeng,

noun

1. an island in Indonesia, between Borneo and Sumatra. 1,866 sq. mi. (4,833 sq. km).

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Billiton British  

/ bɪˈliːtɒn, ˈbɪlɪtɒn /

noun

1. Also called: Belitung.  an island of Indonesia, in the Java Sea between Borneo and Sumatra. Chief town: Tanjungpandan. Area: 4833 sq km (1866 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Abandoning the dual listing unwinds a structure that has been in place in 2001, when Australia's BHP merged with the UK's Billiton.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2021

BHP Billiton , BP , Equinor and Exxon Mobil Corp were evacuating personnel from oil and gas platforms in the Gulf as forecasters predicted the storm would become a Category 3 hurricane.

From Reuters • Oct. 8, 2018

Most prominent was Australia’s BHP Billiton, which had spent $5bn investing with Chesapeake in the Fayetteville shale and ploughed another $15bn into the purchase of Houston-based Petrohawk.

From The Guardian • Aug. 30, 2018

The analysis includes loans to companies like Glencore and BHP Billiton, which produce commodities like copper and oil in addition to coal.

From New York Times • May 28, 2018

Among the localities yielding cassiterite may be mentioned Cornwall, Saxony, Bohemia, Brittany, Galicia in Spain; the Malay peninsula, and the islands of Banca and Billiton; New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various