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Ceram

American

[see-ram, se-rahn, sey-rahm] / siˈræm, sɛˈrɑ̃, ˈseɪ rɑm /

noun

an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7,191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).

Ceram British

/ sɪˈræm /

noun

a variant spelling of Seram

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An investigation is now underway into what happened at Ceram hospital in Marbella.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2024

She went into labour on 20 July, and was admitted to Ceram hospital.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2024

That was certainly my frame of mind when, after skipping over the Ceram Sea into a tropical sunset, the bow of our launch at last bumped against the sandy bottom of a lagoon.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2012

Ceram, 57, German journalist and author whose 1949 history of archaeology, Gods, Graves and Scholars, became an international bestseller; of heart disease; in Hamburg.

From Time Magazine Archive

Passing to the island of Ceram, we find allied species of both genera.

From Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays by Wallace, Alfred Russel

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