A·ru Islands also A·roe Islands or Ar·roe Islands (ä r ) An island group of eastern Indonesia, part of the Moluccas in the Arafura Sea southwest of New Guinea. The islands were colonized by the Dutch after 1623. |
Aru Islands, Arru Islands [ˈɑːruː]
pl n
(Placename) a group of islands in Indonesia, in the SW Moluccas. Area: about 8500 sq. km (3300 sq. miles)
A′ru Is′lands (ˈɑr u)
n.pl.
an island group in Indonesia, SW of New Guinea. 3306 sq. mi. (8565 sq. km).
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