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

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

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

The Sunda Islands are subject to Holland, only the north-eastern part of Borneo belonging to England.

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