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Tanimbar Islands

American  
[tuh-nim-bahr, tan-uhm-bahr] / təˈnɪm bɑr, ˈtæn əmˌbɑr /

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. a group of over 600 islands in E Indonesia, in the Banda Sea. About 2,100 sq. mi. (5,440 sq. km).


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Villagers in the Tanimbar Islands reported strong tremors for a few minutes but there was no panic, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency’s spokesperson Abul Muhari said in a statement.

From Seattle Times Nov. 7, 2023

He said the epicenter of the quakes was in the Banda Sea near the Tanimbar Islands, with a population of about 127,000.

From Seattle Times Nov. 7, 2023

For the new study, O’Hara and his colleagues traveled to this cockatoo’s home on Indonesia’s Tanimbar Islands.

From Science Magazine Aug. 31, 2021

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