Buru

[ boor-oo ]

noun

1. an island of E Indonesia: one of the Molucca Islands.

Example Sentences

Guyo Gorsa Buru said he feared he could be abducted and killed by state agents once released as is alleged has happened to other terror suspects.

From BBC

Earlier, a chief magistrate at Nairobi's Milimani law courts ruled that the state had failed to prove its case against Sheikh Buru.

From BBC

The manager of Buru Niouman, Youssef Sogoba, explains that the bakery is responsible for buying the motorbikes that make the rounds each morning, loaded with hundreds of loaves of bread.

From BBC

In one Buru Island area, stem borers had damaged more than 83% of the clove plantations—an area of more than 2,200 acres, the university scientists found in their research two years ago.

From Wall Street Journal

He says the minister was particularly concerned by the rapid destruction and widespread use of mercury by miners on remote Buru Island, the site of a former prison in the Moluccas Islands where a gold rush has drawn many thousands of miners since 2012.

From National Geographic