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Bang⋅ka

  [bang-kuh]
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–noun
an island in Indonesia, E of Sumatra: tin mines. 4611 sq. mi. (11,942 sq. km).
Also, Banka.
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Bang·ka or Ban·ka   (bāng'kə)   
An island of western Indonesia in the Java Sea separated from Sumatra by the narrow Strait of Bangka. Tin was discovered here in the early 1700s.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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