Sumbawa

American  

[soom-bah-wah] / sumˈbɑ wɑ /

noun

1. one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia: destructive eruption in 1815 of Mt. Tambora. 5,965 sq. mi. (15,449 sq. km).

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Sumbawa British  

/ suːmˈbɑːwə /

noun

1. Former spelling: Soembawa.  a mountainous island in Indonesia, in the Lesser Sunda Islands, between Lombok and Flores islands. Pop: 1 540 000 (2000). Area: 14 750 sq km (5695 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

The true cause of the Year Without Summer lay half a world away on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2016

It lay atop the tropic isle of Sumbawa, its spires rising nearly three miles.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2015

After being rescued, the girls spent the night on the nearby uninhabited volcanic island, where they were given food and water by fishermen, before they were taken to Bima in Sumbawa.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2014

At Bima, on the northeast coast of Sumbawa about forty miles east of Tambora, the British resident reported that the blasts sounded like “a heavy mortar fired close to his ear.”

From Scientific American • Mar. 1, 2013

We notice first, Simbana, one of the original names of the island of Sumbawa.

From The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years 1492-1606, with Descriptions of their Old Charts. by Collingridge, George