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Soerabaja

American  
[soo-rah-bah-yah] / ˌsu rɑˈbɑ yɑ /

noun

  1. Dutch name of Surabaya.

Soerabaja British  
/ ˌsʊərəˈbaɪə /

noun

  1. the former spelling of Surabaya

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The olfactory control had jammed last week while he was watching a Sumatran tribal ceremony, inland from Soerabaja, and he had been unable to smell the backdrop frangipani blossoms.

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