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Celebes

American  
[sel-uh-beez, suh-lee-beez, se-ley-bes] / ˈsɛl əˌbiz, səˈli biz, sɛˈleɪ bɛs /

noun

  1. former name of Sulawesi.


Celebes British  
/ ˈsɛlɪbiːz, sɛˈliːbɪz /

noun

  1. the English name for Sulawesi

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • Celebesian adjective

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“This is not sexist,” said Rear Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan, who came up with the idea of the unit in 2018 after leading anti-piracy operations in the Celebes Sea.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2021

Recent reports show that piracy is now concentrated in four areas: the Singapore Strait, the Sulu and Celebes Seas, the Gulf of Aden and the Gulf of Guinea.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2019

In the strait some isolated islands persisted, like Celebes, Timor and Flores, and organisms evolved even more peculiar adaptations to survive there.

From Scientific American • Jan. 9, 2013

The Zoo has a spotted leopard, a black leopard, two Celebes macaques, and one brown bear in quarantine from the farm.

From Reuters • Jan. 31, 2012

For example, the decorated Ta-p’en-k’eng pottery on Taiwan gave way to undecorated plain or red pottery, which has also been found at sites in the Philippines and on the Indonesian islands of Celebes and Timor.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond