Dutch Borneo

noun

1. the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.

Example Sentences

This corporation has since amalgamated with the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company controlling the extensive wells in Dutch Borneo, and together they supply large quantities of liquid fuel for use in the Far East.

From Project Gutenberg

The 7,083 islands of Manuel Roxas' steaming land are part of the off-Asia continental shelf, running 1,120 miles from Chinese Formosa in the north to British and Dutch Borneo in the south.

From Time Magazine Archive

From Manila he hurried to Dutch Borneo, then to Singapore.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indigo, coffee and pepper have been cultivated since 1855 in the western division of Dutch Borneo.

From Project Gutenberg

Coal has been found in the neighbourhood of Cowie Harbour and elsewhere, but though its quality is believed to be as good as that exported from Dutch Borneo, it is not yet known whether it exists in payable quantities.

From Project Gutenberg