Sunda Islands

[ suhn-duh ahy-luhndz; Dutch soon-dah ]

plural noun

1. a chain of islands in the Malay Archipelago, including Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra, and Java Greater Sunda Islands; and a group of smaller islands extending E from Java to Timor Lesser Sunda Islands.

Sunda Islands

/ ˈsʌndə /

plural noun

1. a chain of islands in the Malay Archipelago, consisting of the Greater Sunda Islands (chiefly Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Sulawesi) and Nusa Tenggara (the Lesser Sunda Islands) Former spellingSoenda Islands

Example Sentences

Lastly, for the Sunda Islands, Rumphius2121 is as usual one of the most interesting authorities.

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In the Sunda Islands they eat the seeds roasted and also extract from them an illuminating oil.

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The forest-flora of the Moluccas differs but little from that of the Sunda Islands.

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We had put about and set our course for the Sunda Islands when an unfortunate calm befell us.

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Sunda Islands, a name sometimes applied to the long chain of islands stretching SE.

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