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Sunda Islands

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Noun

1. sunda islands

a chain of islands in the western Malay Archipelago

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Sunda Islands

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plural noun
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 spelling: Soenda Islands

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Sunda Islands

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group of islands in the Malay Archipelago, consisting of two smaller groups: Greater Sunda Islands (Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, & small nearby islands) & Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali & islands stretching east through Timor)

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Sunda Islands

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A group of islands of the western Malay Archipelago between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. The Greater Sunda Islands include Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and Sulawesi; the Lesser Sunda Islands lie east of Java and extend from Bali to Timor. Sumatra and Java are separated by the Sunda Strait, a narrow channel linking the Indian Ocean with the Java Sea.

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