Bangka
Americannoun
noun
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Others, like Hsu from Bangka Park, refuse to set foot in a shelter.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2020
The Australian historian also cites an account of a Japanese soldier who was being treated for malaria nearby on Bangka Island, which is off Sumatra.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2019
The Lion Air domestic flight was headed to Pangkal Pinang, a tin-mining region on the island of Bangka, but made a sharp dive into the sea 13 minutes after taking off from the Indonesian capital.
From The Guardian • Oct. 29, 2018
Air Force spokesman Hadi Thahjanto said two C-130 Hercules planes were focusing their search efforts in areas northeast of Indonesia's Bangka island, which lies roughly halfway between Surabaya and Singapore, in the Java Sea.
From Reuters • Dec. 29, 2014
It has already been stated that this tin is the produce of the island of Bangka, situated near the mouth of the river, which may be considered as an entire hill of tin-sand.
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William
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