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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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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

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

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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