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

On the trail of a linguistic mystery in the Lesser Sunda Islands.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2019

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

From Washington Post

Among the Sunda Islands he recognized ideal climate for rubber tree cultivation.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are trees and plants from India, the Sunda Islands, and Australia, all labelled with their English and scientific names.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Hedin, Sven Anders

The Indian Ocean formed a continent which extended from the Sunda Islands along the southern coast of Asia to the east coast of Africa.

From The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria by Scott-Elliot, W.