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North Borneo

British  

noun

  1. the former name (until 1963) of Sabah

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Scientists monitored over 5,000 seedlings for a year and a half in North Borneo.

From Science Daily Mar. 12, 2024

He mentioned a jungle hike in North Borneo that had been included in “Southeast Asia on a Shoestring” at the suggestion of an earlier reader.

From Seattle Times May 7, 2021

“I have vivid memories of leaving North Borneo at 8, and I remember the vast canopy of rain forest,” she said.

From New York Times Aug. 16, 2013

Graham was born to Scottish parents in Sandokan, North Borneo, where his father was a businessman.

From The Guardian Sep. 16, 2010

None the less did we quit the shores of North Borneo with grateful appreciation of206 its beauties and a vivid sense of its countless undeveloped riches of every kind.

From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)

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