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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

Under a bridge in Samarinda, the region’s capital, hundreds of mammoth, jet-black mountains of coal sit in barges being pulled along the waterway, headed to plants across Indonesia or other countries.

From Seattle Times Feb. 13, 2023

After his employer closed a small mine in Samarinda, Suyadi, who like many Indonesians uses one name, went back to working the small rice paddy on his family's farm on the edge of the city.

From Reuters Jun. 28, 2016

On August 22, 1916, we arrived at Samarinda.

From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz

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