Madura

[ muh-door-uh maj-er-uh ]

noun

1. an island in Indonesia, off the northeastern coast of Java. 2,112 sq. mi. (5,470 sq. km). Dutch Ma·doe·ra [mah-, doo, -, r, ah].
2. former name of Madurai.

Madura

/ məˈdʊərə /

noun

1. an island in Indonesia, off the NE coast of Java: extensive forests and saline springs. Capital: Pamekasan. Area: 5472 sq km (2113 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The Shiva temple at Madura is the more interesting as its towers are ornamented with six thousand idols.

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To be a Pariah was easy, and attempts to evangelize that class continued to be made in Madura up to the time of the Suppression.

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But to this day in the Madura Tinivelly country you can trace where all the land was burnt.

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The genus Chionyphe occurs on granaries under snow, as well as in that formidable disease, the Madura fungus-foot.

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His transfiguration at Madura, where he assured his disciples that "present or absent, I will always be with you."

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