Sunda Islands

[ suhn-duh ahy-luhndz; Dutch soon-dah ]

plural noun

1. a chain of islands in the Malay Archipelago, including Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra, and Java Greater Sunda Islands; and a group of smaller islands extending E from Java to Timor Lesser Sunda Islands.

Sunda Islands

/ ˈsʌndə /

plural noun

1. a chain of islands in the Malay Archipelago, consisting of the Greater Sunda Islands (chiefly Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Sulawesi) and Nusa Tenggara (the Lesser Sunda Islands) Former spellingSoenda Islands

Example Sentences

Native to Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands, Komodo dragons are the largest living lizards.

From Washington Post

The great and little Sunda Islands and the Moluccas embrace 109 volcanoes, with fiery eruptions, and 10 what are called mud-volcanoes.

From Project Gutenberg

Many difficulties opposed themselves to the realisation of his darling project—a visit to the Sunda Islands.

From Project Gutenberg

Malay Archipelago Sunda Islands   East Indies, m n In general: Included in this group are the best-known coffees from Sumatra, Java, Timor, Celebes, etc.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Sunda Islands they eat the seeds roasted and also extract from them an illuminating oil.

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