Sundanese

[ suhn-duh-neez, -nees ]

noun

, plural Sun·da·nese.

1. a member of a people of western Java.
2. the Austronesian language of the Sundanese.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Sunda Islands, the Sundanese, or their language.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sundanese¹

1875–80; Sunda (Islands) ( def ) + -n- (as in Japanese, Javanese, etc.) + -ese

Example Sentences

The Madurese is as tall as the Javanese, and as stout as the Sundanese.

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The natives are Sundanese, except in the northern or Serang division, where they are Javanese.

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The natives consist of Middle Javanese in the north and Sundanese in the south.

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The natives belong to a Sundanese group, but in the north contain a large admixture of Malays.

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I thought of putting it into a book, in the form of letters between two regents' daughters—a Sundanese and a Javanese.

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