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Borneo

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Bor⋅ne⋅o

  [bawr-nee-oh]
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–noun
an island in the Malay Archipelago, politically divided among Indonesia, Malaysia, and the British-protected sultanate of Brunei. 6,000,000; 290,000 sq. mi. (750,000 sq. km).
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Bor⋅ne⋅an, adjective, noun
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Bor·ne·o   (bôr'nē-ō')   
An island of the western Pacific Ocean in the Malay Archipelago between the Sulu and Java seas southwest of the Philippines. It is the third-largest island in the world. The sultanate of Brunei is on the northwest coast; the rest of the island is divided between Indonesia and Malaysia.
Bor'ne·an adj. & n.
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