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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

The development site is in an area of jungle between two cities, Samarinda and Balikpapan.

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

Only when his long-pent curiosity as to happenings in Europe had been appeased did I find an opportunity to mention the reasons which had brought me to Samarinda.

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

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