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Samarinda

American  
[sam-uh-rin-duh] / ˌsæm əˈrɪn də /

noun

  1. a city on E Borneo, in Indonesia.


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The stop-off in Samarinda was also odd - usually de Guzman would fly straight from Balikpapan to Busang.

From BBC ● May 18, 2024

The next morning, de Guzman and Vega travelled by helicopter to Samarinda, another city closer to Busang.

From BBC ● May 18, 2024

Samarinda, situated on the humid Mahakam River delta, could expect 19 more days.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2021

Abandoned mine pits dot the bare, treeless hillsides in Samarinda, the capital of East Kalimantan province on Indonesia's part of Borneo island.

From Reuters ● Jun. 28, 2016

The Negros was not fast—thirteen knots was about the best she could do—so that it took us two days to cross from Samarinda, in Borneo, to Makassar, the capital of the Celebes.

From Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China by E. Alexander (Edward Alexander) Powell

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