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Sulawesi

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Su·la·we·si  (slä-ws) also Cel·e·bes (sl-bz, s-lbz, s-lbs)
An irregularly shaped island of central Indonesia on the equator east of Borneo. The Portuguese first visited the island in 1512 but were ousted by the Dutch in the 1600s. Noted for its rare species of fauna, it joined the Republic of Indonesia in 1950.
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Noun1.Sulawesi - a mountainous island in eastern Indonesia
Celebes
Dutch East Indies, Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia - a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions


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