Lombok

American  

[lom-bok] / lɒmˈbɒk /

noun

1. an island in Indonesia, E of Bali. 1,826 sq. mi. (4,729 sq. km).

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Lombok British  

/ ˈlɒmbɒk /

noun

1. an island of Indonesia, in the Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara) east of Java: came under Dutch rule in 1894; important biologically as being transitional between Asian and Australian in flora and fauna, the line of demarcation beginning at Lombok Strait (a channel between Lombok and Bali, connecting the Flores Sea with the Indian Ocean). Chief town: Mataram. Pop: 2 536 000 (2004 est). Area: 4730 sq km (1826 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Travellers who have come to love Lombok are not happy about that either.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

Same story in Lombok, Indonesia, where cars floated like buoys, and in eastern China, where an inland typhoon-like storm sent furniture blowing down the streets like so many sheafs of paper.

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2025

Marins had been backpacking around Thailand and Vietnam before arriving in Lombok Island, Indonesia.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025

The 21-year-old pair from Hertfordshire were the first to reach the final checkpoint in Lombok and have won the £20,000 prize.

From BBC • May 30, 2024

They returned along the north coast of Lombok, and passed through the Allas Straits, between Lombok and Sumbawa.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.