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Java Sea

American  

noun

  1. a sea between Java and Borneo.


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And so in 2019, the country’s president announced a bold plan to carve a new capital out of the rainforest 800 miles away across the Java Sea.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2024

Just five months earlier, all 189 on board Lion Air 610 were killed when a five-month-old Boeing 737 MAX 8 plunged into the Java Sea, 13 minutes after takeoff from Jakarta on Oct.

From Salon Jan. 26, 2024

The accident followed a Lion Air 737 MAX crash in Indonesia's Java Sea five months earlier which killed all 189 people on board.

From Reuters Nov. 14, 2023

The main cause is uncontrolled ground water extraction, but it has been exacerbated by the rising Java Sea due to climate change.

From Seattle Times Jan. 25, 2022

With such conversation to lighten the hours, they did not seem long, as we were running through the Java Sea.

From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field

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