Sumbawa

American  

[soom-bah-wah] / sumˈbɑ wɑ /

noun

1. one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia: destructive eruption in 1815 of Mt. Tambora. 5,965 sq. mi. (15,449 sq. km).

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Sumbawa British  

/ suːmˈbɑːwə /

noun

1. Former spelling: Soembawa.  a mountainous island in Indonesia, in the Lesser Sunda Islands, between Lombok and Flores islands. Pop: 1 540 000 (2000). Area: 14 750 sq km (5695 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

The true cause of the Year Without Summer lay half a world away on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2016

It lay atop the tropic isle of Sumbawa, its spires rising nearly three miles.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2015

Travellers from New Zealand, Spain, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands were among those rescued after the boat hit a reef near Sangeang Api, a volcanic island off Sumbawa, in bad weather during the three-day journey.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2014

At Bima, on the northeast coast of Sumbawa about forty miles east of Tambora, the British resident reported that the blasts sounded like “a heavy mortar fired close to his ear.”

From Scientific American • Mar. 1, 2013

The latitude of the north part of Sumbawa I make by my observations and bearings to be 8 degrees 6 minutes south, which differs very little from the Dutch charts.

From A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship by Bligh, William