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Sum⋅ba

[soom-bah]
–noun
one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia, S of Flores. 4306 sq. mi. (11,153 sq. km).
Also called Sandalwood Island.
Dutch, Soemba.
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Sum·ba   (sōōm'bə, -bä)   
An island of south-central Indonesia in the Lesser Sunda Islands south of Flores. First visited by Europeans in 1522, it passed to the Dutch in 1866.
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