Sunda
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the western part of the Malay archipelago
- 2 Sunda Strait, the strait between Java and Sumatra
- 3 Sunda Shelf, part of the continental shelf of Southeast Asia
- 4 Sundaland, a biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia
- 5 a kingdom that existed in west part of Java island from the 7th century to the 16th century
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- 6 the Sundanese people
- 7 the language of the Sundanese
- 8 the Sundanese script
- 9 Sunda Kommuna, a municipality in the Faroe Islands
- 10 a clan (gotra) of Jats in India
- 11 a clan (gotra) of Nath in India
- 12 an Asura brother of Upasunda
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More examples"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