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

Did the airline file a flight plan that took account of the weather en route from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore?

From The Daily Beast

Dozens of tearful family members huddled at the Surabaya and Singapore airports, anxiously awaiting news of loved ones.

From The Daily Beast

You can get there in about eight weeks, provided you make good connections at Singapore and Surabaya.

From Project Gutenberg

More than a tenth of Surabaya's population is Chinese and their commercial influence dominates the whole city.

From Project Gutenberg

Sultan of Surabaya and poor old Vesey were glad enough to see the final chapter of it, I can assure you.

From Project Gutenberg

Thank goodness she has never done me the honour of abducting me as she did the Sultan of Surabaya and those other Johnnies.

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The whole island was considered part of the Java residency of Surabaya.

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