Lesser Sunda Islands

plural noun

Sunda Islands

[suhn-duh; Dutch soon-dah]

plural noun

a chain of islands in Indonesia, in the Malay Archipelago, including Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi (Greater Sunda Islands); and a group of smaller islands extending E from Java to Timor (Lesser Sunda Islands).

Also Soenda Islands

[soon-dah] /ˈsun dɑ/.

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British Dictionary definitions for lesser sunda islands

Lesser Sunda Islands

pl n

the English name of Nusa Tenggara

Sunda Islands

pl n

a chain of islands in the Malay Archipelago, consisting of the Greater Sunda Islands (chiefly Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Sulawesi) and Nusa Tenggara (the Lesser Sunda Islands)Former spelling: Soenda Islands

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