Soerabaja

American

[soo-rah-bah-yah] / ˌsu rɑˈbɑ yɑ /

noun

Dutch name of Surabaya.

Soerabaja British

/ ˌsʊərəˈbaɪə /

noun

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.

From Made in Tanganyika by Jacobi, Carl Richard

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