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Proper Noun

1. 1
   Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the western part of the Malay archipelago
2. 2
   Sunda Strait, the strait between Java and Sumatra
3. 3
   Sunda Shelf, part of the continental shelf of Southeast Asia
4. 4
   Sundaland, a biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia
5. 5
   a kingdom that existed in west part of Java island from the 7th century to the 16th century

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6. 6
   the Sundanese people
7. 7
   the language of the Sundanese
8. 8
   the Sundanese script
9. 9
   Sunda Kommuna, a municipality in the Faroe Islands
10. 10
    a clan (gotra) of Jats in India
11. 11
    a clan (gotra) of Nath in India
12. 12
    an Asura brother of Upasunda

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sundaland

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"In the Pleistocene the Sunda Platform, which today underlies the Java Sea, was dry land."

Etymology

Most terms: Indonesian Pasundan (“former Sunda Kingdom area such as West Java, Banten and western Central Java”) Other terms

Related phrases

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