Sunda Islands

American  

[suhn-duh ahy-luhndz, soon-dah] / ˈsʌn də ˈaɪ ləndz, ˈsun dɑ /

Also Soenda Islands

plural noun

1. a chain of islands in the Malay Archipelago, including Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra, and Java Greater Sunda Islands; and a group of smaller islands extending E from Java to Timor Lesser Sunda Islands.

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Sunda Islands British  

/ ˈsʌndə /

plural noun

1. Former spelling: Soenda Islands.  a chain of islands in the Malay Archipelago, consisting of the Greater Sunda Islands (chiefly Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Sulawesi) and Nusa Tenggara (the Lesser Sunda Islands)

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Example Sentences

Native to Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands, Komodo dragons are the largest living lizards.

From Washington Post

The great and little Sunda Islands and the Moluccas embrace 109 volcanoes, with fiery eruptions, and 10 what are called mud-volcanoes.

From Project Gutenberg

Many difficulties opposed themselves to the realisation of his darling project—a visit to the Sunda Islands.

From Project Gutenberg

Malay Archipelago Sunda Islands   East Indies, m n In general: Included in this group are the best-known coffees from Sumatra, Java, Timor, Celebes, etc.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Sunda Islands they eat the seeds roasted and also extract from them an illuminating oil.

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