Surabaya

or Su·ra·ba·ja

[ soor-uh-bah-yuh ]

noun

1. a seaport on NE Java: second largest city in Indonesia; naval base.

Surabaya

/ ˌsʊərəˈbaɪə /

noun

1. a port in Indonesia, on E Java on the Surabaya Strait: the country's second port and chief naval base; university (1954); fishing and ship-building industries; oil refinery. Pop: 2 599 796 (2000) Former spellingSoerabaja

Example Sentences

He said the Turangga express train traveling from Surabaya, the capital of East Java province, to Bandung hit a commuter train heading to Padalarang from Cicalengka station.

From Seattle Times

One train was a local commuter line, and the other was heading to Bandung from the city of Surabaya, officials said.

From New York Times

Anies is set to meet voters in and around the capital Jakarta, with his running mate, Muhaimin Iskandar in East Java's Surabaya.

From Reuters

The group was responsible for several deadly suicide bombings in Indonesia, including a deadly 2016 attack in Jakarta that killed eight people and a wave of suicide bombings in 2018 in Indonesia’s second-largest city of Surabaya, where two families, including girls aged 9 and 12, blew themselves up at churches and a police station, killing 13 people.

From Seattle Times

There are talks to extend Whoosh to Surabaya, a major port city and capital of East Java province.

From BBC