Borneo

[ bawr-nee-oh ]

noun

1. an island in the Malay Archipelago, politically divided among Indonesia, Malaysia, and the British-protected sultanate of Brunei. 290,000 sq. mi. (750,000 sq. km).

Borneo

/ ˈbɔːnɪˌəʊ /

noun

1. an island in the W Pacific, between the Sulu and Java Seas, part of the Malay Archipelago: divided into Kalimantan ( Indonesian Borneo ), the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah, and the sultanate of Brunei; mountainous and densely forested. Area: about 750 000 sq km (290 000 sq miles)

Borneo

1. Island in Indonesia southwest of the Philippines and north of Java .

Notes

The third-largest island in the world, Borneo is mostly covered by dense jungle and rain forest.

Other Words From

• Borne·an adjective noun

Example Sentences

The biologist was just on a hike through a rainforest in Borneo, a large island in southeast Asia.

From Science News For Students

In Borneo and around the world, human activities and climate change are hurting animal habitats.

From Science News For Students

Six years ago, tour guide Brenden Miles was traveling down the Kinabatangan River in the Malaysian part of Borneo, when he spotted an odd-looking primate he had never seen before.

From Science News

In Borneo, she has a discount program in the works for families who forest guardians can confirm have stopped hunting protected species.

From Popular-Science

Zoologist Dzulhelmi Nasir, now with the Malaysian Palm Oil Board, has studied colugos in Borneo.

From Science News

So they were sent either to Borneo or Papua, I forget now which.

From The Daily Beast

You've heard about those lawsuits if you've been living in Borneo for the last two years.

From The Daily Beast

I'd only just thought of the Borneo-New Guinea option and so those details seemed even more trivial than human husbandry.

From The Daily Beast

I shall make it my own, my chosen people, and give to them and to their children's children forever the land of Borneo.'

From Project Gutenberg

Contrasted with these islands lie another group of three—Borneo, Sumatra, and Java.

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My work here in Borneo shall make me famous and, who knows, may make my fortune as well.

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He's all right now, but for a long time after they took him away from Borneo he was just a little peculiar one way.

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Now few people have ever seen the flying frog of Borneo, and those who have are called nasty names by those who haven't.

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