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Ceram

American  
[see-ram, se-rahn, sey-rahm] / siˈræm, sɛˈrɑ̃, ˈseɪ rɑm /

noun

  1. an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7,191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).


Ceram British  
/ sɪˈræm /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Seram

"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

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An investigation is now underway into what happened at Ceram hospital in Marbella.

From BBC Feb. 26, 2024

She went into labour on 20 July, and was admitted to Ceram hospital.

From BBC Feb. 26, 2024

That was certainly my frame of mind when, after skipping over the Ceram Sea into a tropical sunset, the bow of our launch at last bumped against the sandy bottom of a lagoon.

From New York Times Sep. 7, 2012

The book sold more than 4,000,000 copies, and "Ceram" became the byline on his later works as well.

From Time Magazine Archive

No tidings of the Emu were to be gained; and weary of looking for her in that direction, we stood to the westward, towards the island of Celebes, to the south of Ceram.

From Mark Seaworth by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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