Aru Islands

[ ahr-oo ahy-luhndz ]

plural noun

1. an island group in Indonesia, southwest of New Guinea. 3,306 sq. mi. (8,565 sq. km).

Aru Islands

/ ˈɑːruː /

plural noun

1. a group of islands in Indonesia, in the SW Moluccas. Area: about 8500 sq km (3300 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The great emerald bird, so far as yet known, is only found in the Aru Islands.

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I have not yet seen your paper on the distribution of animals in the Aru Islands.

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My expedition to the Aru Islands had been eminently successful.

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Thus M. brunii, which is of interest as the first Kangaroo seen by a European, is a native of the Aru islands.

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Instead of being far better than the Aru Islands, it was in almost everything much worse.

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