Sumba

American  

[soom-bah] / ˈsum bɑ /

noun

1. one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia, S of Flores. 4,306 sq. mi. (11,153 sq. km).

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Sumba British  

/ ˈsuːmbə /

noun

1. Former spelling: Soemba.  Former name: Sandalwood Island.  an island in Indonesia, in the Lesser Sunda Islands, separated from Flores by the Sumba Strait: formerly important for sandalwood exports. Pop: 355 073 (1990). Area: 11 153 sq km (4306 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

“I couldn’t really study at night before,” said Antonius Pekambani, a 17-year old student in Ndapaymi village, east Sumba.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2023

Its crew learned that 50 would have to leave after returning from Sumba island to implement an early warning system for tsunamis.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 11, 2022

The couple had an elaborate wedding in Nihi on Sumba in June 2018, but as it turned out, the marriage was never legal, an insider confirmed to Page Six at the time.

From Fox News • Dec. 27, 2019

Men who want to give their primal side an especially brisk workout might consider traveling to Indonesia’s remote Sumba Island.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2016

In Tonquin, as in Sumba, the dead revisit their kinsfolk and their old homes at the New Year.

From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.