Greater Sunda Islands

Greater Sunda Islands

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Greater Sunda Islands

pl n

(Placename) a group of islands in the W Malay Archipelago, forming the larger part of the Sunda Islands: consists of Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi

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Sun′da Is′lands

(ˈsʌn də)
n.pl.

a chain of islands in Indonesia, in the Malay Archipelago, including Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi (Greater Sunda Islands) and a group of smaller islands extending E from Java to Timor (Lesser Sunda Islands).

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Greater Sunda Islands - a chain of islands including Borneo and Celebes and Java and Sumatra Sunda Islands - a chain of islands in the western Malay Archipelago

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