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Sunda Islands 
[suhn-duh; Du. soon-dah] Pronunciation Key
[suhn-duh; Du. soon-dah] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 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). |
Also, Soenda Islands.
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| Sun·da Islands
(sŭn'də, sōōn'-) Pronunciation Key
A group of islands of the western Malay Archipelago between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. The Greater Sunda Islands include Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and Sulawesi; the Lesser Sunda Islands lie east of Java and extend from Bali to Timor. Sumatra and Java are separated by the Sunda Strait, a narrow channel linking the Indian Ocean with the Java Sea. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| sunda islands | |
noun | |
| a chain of islands in the western Malay Archipelago |
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