Ceram

[ see-ram; Portuguese se-rahn; Dutch sey-rahm ]

/ siˈræm; Portuguese sɛˈrɑ̃; Dutch ˈseɪ rɑm /

noun

an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).

Also called Serang.

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Examples from the Web for ceram

The island of Amboina, near Ceram, is about forty leagues in circuit, and gives its name also to some other small adjacent isles.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume IX.|Robert Kerr
We now bore up the helm for Ceram, and came to a place called Gelagula, a reasonably good road, some thirty leagues from Banda.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII.|Robert Kerr
Accordingly in the morning early I stood in with the north-west point of Ceram; leaving a small island, called Bonao, to the west.
A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland|William Dampier
The Ceram Lory, from being well known, and exhibiting the prominent characters of its tribe, is a correct type of the genus.
Zoological Illustrations, or Original Figures and Descriptions. Volume I, Second Series|William Swainson

In all the central part of Ceram there new remains only one populous village in the mountains.
The Malay Archipelago|Alfred Russell Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for ceram

Ceram

/ (sɪˈræm) /

noun

a variant spelling of Seram

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