Sumbawa

[ soom-bah-wah ]

noun

1. one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia: destructive eruption in 1815 of Mt. Tambora. 5,965 sq. mi. (15,449 sq. km).

Sumbawa

/ suːmˈbɑːwə /

noun

1. a mountainous island in Indonesia, in the Lesser Sunda Islands, between Lombok and Flores islands. Pop: 1 540 000 (2000). Area: 14 750 sq km (5695 sq miles) Former spellingSoembawa

Example Sentences

He begins in the place where devastation was most immediate—the island of Sumbawa and the surrounding region.

From The Daily Beast

It divides the island of Sumbawa, famous for possessing the most active volcano in the world, from the island of Lombok.

From Project Gutenberg

We notice first, Simbana, one of the original names of the island of Sumbawa.

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Still more extraordinary—the most remarkable on record—was an eruption in Sumbawa, one of the Molucca Islands, in 1815.

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We now stood back towards Sumbawa, as, with the wind from the eastward, it was the only course we could steer.

From Project Gutenberg

A glance at the chart showed that we were then driving towards the western end of Sumbawa.

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