- 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)
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Sun′da Is′lands
(sun′də; Du. so̅o̅n′dä),USA pronunciation
- Place Namesa chain of islands in Indonesia, in the Malay Archipelago, including Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi (Greater Sunda Islands);
and a group of smaller islands extending E from Java to Timor (Lesser Sunda Islands.)
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Sunda Islands /ˈsʌndə/ pl n
'Sunda Islands' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Flores
- Flores Sea
- Greater Sunda Islands
- Indian Ocean
- Lesser Sunda Islands
- Lombok
- Nusa Tenggara
- Sumatra
- Sumba
- Sumbawa
- Timor
- Indonesia
- Malay Archipelago
- Soenda Islands
- Sundanese