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Dutch Borneo

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noun

  1. the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.


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From Manila he hurried to Dutch Borneo, then to Singapore.

From Time Magazine Archive

The 7,083 islands of Manuel Roxas' steaming land are part of the off-Asia continental shelf, running 1,120 miles from Chinese Formosa in the north to British and Dutch Borneo in the south.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Kayans of Dutch Borneo are not numerous.

From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl

Pontianak, the well-known town in the Western Division of Dutch Borneo, is the name of another good-looking female antoh, who causes injury to women at childbirth.

From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl

Indigo, coffee and pepper have been cultivated since 1855 in the western division of Dutch Borneo.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various