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Sulawesi

[ soo-lah-wey-see ]

noun

  1. an island in central Indonesia. 72,986 sq. mi. (189,034 sq. km).


Sulawesi

/ ˌsuːləˈweɪsɪ /

noun

  1. an island in E Indonesia: mountainous and forested, with volcanoes and hot springs. Pop: 14 946 488 (2000). Area (including adjacent islands): 229 108 sq km (88 440 sq miles) Also calledCelebes


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This strange chickenlike bird lives only on the Indonesian islands of Sulawesi and Buton.

After arriving on Sulawesi, the woman’s ancestors mated with Denisovans who already inhabited the island, the investigators suspect.

All of the painted pigs in the Sulawesi cave appear to be confronting each other in a scene of some sort, says archaeologist Iain Davidson of the University of New England in Armidale, Australia.

Some in Sulawesi and Papua provinces, expected to be the hardest hit, remained reluctant to leave, despite the 2004 experience.

On the ride to Sulawesi, Ibnu Ahmad listened to John Lennon's “Imagine” over and over through a pair of flimsy earphones.

On Sulawesi, power became something worth fighting for, and Christians and Muslims began to battle over local elections.

Ibnu Ahmad went to Sulawesi anyway, where he was caught carrying 31,000 rounds of ammunition, tried, convicted, and imprisoned.

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