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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

The steamship connection with Samarinda is irregular, and as a small transport steamer was making ready to take away its usual cargo of rattan and rubber, I decided to avail myself of the opportunity.

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

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