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

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Sunda Islands

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

From India and the Sunda Islands this beneficent tree has spread to Africa and the Mediterranean coasts, to Mexico and Central America.

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

Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands, having Malacca on the north, Borneo on the east, Java on the south-east, and the Indian Ocean on the west.

From Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by George Forbes

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