Sunda islands

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A group of islands in the Malay Archipelago. plural, plural-only

    "The Sunda Islands are divided into two groups, the Greater Sunda Islands — viz., Sumatra, and Java, with their dependencies; and the Lesser Sunda Islands, comprising all that lie E. of Java, Timor being the chief."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Sunda Islands. alt-of, plural, plural-only

Synonyms

All synonyms
sundas

Example

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"The Sunda Islands are divided into two groups, the Greater Sunda Islands — viz., Sumatra, and Java, with their dependencies; and the Lesser Sunda Islands, comprising all that lie E. of Java, Timor being the chief."

Etymology

See Sunda.

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