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celebes

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Cel⋅e⋅bes

  [sel-uh-beez, suh-lee-beez; Du. se-ley-bes]
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–noun
former name of Sulawesi.
Related forms:
Cel⋅e⋅be⋅sian  [sel-uh-bee-zhuhn] , adjective

Su⋅la⋅we⋅si

  [soo-lah-wey-see]
–noun
an island in central Indonesia. 8,925,000 with adjacent islands; 72,986 sq. mi. (189,034 sq. km).
Formerly, Celebes.
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Cel·e·bes   (sěl'ə-bēz', sə-lē'bēz', sě-lā'běs)   
See Sulawesi.
Su·la·we·si   (sōō'lä-wā'sē)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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