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PRONUNCIATION OF SUNDA ISLANDS

Sunda Islands  [ˈsʌndə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUNDA ISLANDS

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Sunda Islands is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SUNDA ISLANDS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sunda Islands

The Sunda Islands are a group of islands in the Malay archipelago. They are further divided into the Greater Sunda Islands and the Lesser Sunda Islands.

Definition of Sunda Islands in the English dictionary

The definition of Sunda Islands in the dictionary is a chain of islands in the Malay Archipelago, consisting of the Greater Sunda Islands and Nusa Tenggara Former spelling: Soenda Islands.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUNDA ISLANDS


asunder
əˈsʌndə
blunder
ˈblʌndə
chunder
ˈtʃʌndə
dissunder
dɪsˈsʌndə
dunder
ˈdʌndə
floribunda
ˌflɔːrɪˈbʌndə
funder
ˈfʌndə
hereunder
ˌhɪərˈʌndə
osmunda
ɒzˈmʌndə
plunder
ˈplʌndə
rotunda
rəʊˈtʌndə
sunder
ˈsʌndə
thereunder
ˌðɛərˈʌndə
thunder
ˈθʌndə
under
ˈʌndə
upthunder
ʌpˈθʌndə
Vivekananda
ˌviːvɪkəˈnʌndə
wakanda
weɪˈkʌndə
whereunder
ˈwɛərˌʌndə
wonder
ˈwʌndə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUNDA ISLANDS

Sunbury-on-Thames
sunchoke
Sunda Strait
sundae
sundari
Sunday
Sunday best
Sunday driver
Sunday motorist
Sunday observance
Sunday opening
Sunday painter
Sunday paper
Sunday punch
Sunday school
Sunday school teacher
Sunday supplement
Sunday trading
Sunday-go-to-meeting

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUNDA ISLANDS

British Virgin Islands
Caicos Islands
Cayman Islands
Cook Islands
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
hands
Highlands
Hollands
Islands
Keeling Islands
lands
Mariana Islands
Marshall Islands
Midlands
Netherlands
Northern Mariana Islands
Solomon Islands
the Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands

Synonyms and antonyms of Sunda Islands in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Sunda Islands» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUNDA ISLANDS

Find out the translation of Sunda Islands to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Sunda Islands from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Sunda Islands» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

巽他群岛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Islas de la Sonda
570 millions of speakers

English

Sunda Islands
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुण्डा द्वीप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جزر سوندا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Зондские острова
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ilhas de Sonda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুনা দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Îles de la Sonde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepulauan Sunda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sunda-Inseln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スンダ列島
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

순다 제도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kapuloan Sunda
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Quần đảo Sunda
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுந்தா தீவுகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Sunda Islands
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sunda Adaları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Isole della Sonda
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Archipelag Sundajski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Зондські острови
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Insulele Sunda
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Sunda Islands
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Sunda Eilande
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Sundaöarna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Sundaøyene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Sunda Islands

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUNDA ISLANDS»

The term «Sunda Islands» is regularly used and occupies the 105.108 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUNDA ISLANDS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Sunda Islands

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUNDA ISLANDS»

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Novitates Zoologicae: A Journal of Zoology in Connection ...
The lesser Sunda Islands have therefore not a single series of representatives which is purely Australian. From this fact we have to conclude that the immigration of the Papilio fauna. cannot have taken place from Australia; and as the ...
Lionel Walter Rothschild Baron Rothschild, 1896
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Novitates Zoologicae: A Journal of Zoology
Dr. Finsch is apparently responsible for the error that the Javan F. severus is called Falco papuanus in the List of Javan Birds, for he has added a footnote, saying that the birds from Java, the Sunda Islands, and New Guinea have been ...
Baron Lionel Walter Rothschild Rothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild Baron Rothschild, 1901
3
Library of Congress Subject Headings
BT Lakes—Alberta NT Buffalo Bay (Alta) Lesser Soenda Islands USE Lesser Sunda Islands Lesser spotted dogfish USE Scyliorhinus canicula Lesser Sunda Islands UF Lesser Soenda Islands Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia) [Former ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2007
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The Islands
It consists of the four Greater Sunda Islands — Sumatra, larger than California; Java, about the size of New York State; Borneo, about the size of France ( presently called Kalimantan); and Celebes, about the size of North Dakota (now called ...
Albert Alberts, 1999
5
Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi and ...
6.1 Nusa Tenggara, previously known as the Lesser Sunda Islands, extend about 750 miles E from Jawa to Timor. The principal islands of the chain described in this sector consist of Flores, Pulau Solor, Pulau Lomblen, Pulau Pantar, and ...
‎2005
6
The Territories of Indonesia
The Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara in Indonesian, the South-Eastern Islands—the official name from 1954) continue the chain of the Greater Sunda Islands, with Sumatra (Sumatera) coming out of the north-west and ending with Java ...
Iem Brown, 2004
7
Art of Island Southeast Asia: The Fred and Rita Richman ...
LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS Three Figures Lesser Sunda Islands, Atauro 19th- zoth century Wood H. 131/4 in. (33.7 cm) Gift of Fred and Rita Richman, I988 198814343 Figure Lesser Sunda Islands, Tirnor I 9th—2.oth century Wood H. 54 in.
Florina H. Capistrano-Baker, 1994
8
The Stranger-Kings of Sikka: With an Integrated Edition of ...
uncommon claim in the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands. Kana notes, however, that the Nagara—Kertagama makes no mention of Savu or Raijua. While an implication of this myth is that Maja Pai was a stranger and perhaps from Majapahit, it is ...
E. Douglas Lewis, 2010
9
Primate Biogeography: Progress and Prospects
... fell by more than 100 m. It is also likely that Nasalis larvatus (Borneo) and Simias concolor (Mentawai Islands) were already present as endemic taxa in the Late Pliocene, and that their last common ancestor had arrived in the Sunda islands ...
Shawn M. Lehman, John G. Fleagle, 2006
10
Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha)
Lembeja harderi group Jong and Boer 2004: 265 (comp. note) Lesser Sunda Islands Lembeja harderi group Boer 1995c: 206-207, Fig 2 (phylogeny, comp. note) Lesser Sunda Islands Lembeja harderi Boer 1995c: 207 (comp. note) Lesser ...
Allen F. Sanborn, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUNDA ISLANDS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Sunda Islands is used in the context of the following news items.
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Some Tigers Could Be Wiped Out to Save Others
Tigers from the three Sunda islands — Sumatra, Java and Bali — were, however, different enough from continental tigers to warrant their classification into a ... «Discovery News, Jun 15»
2
Photo essay: the flying fox show
Every night thousands of flying foxes rise from a small mangrove island among the lesser Sunda islands of Indonesia. Around sunset the Sunda flying fox begin ... «Mongabay.com, Apr 15»
3
Lindblad and National Geographic Announce Six New Orion …
Above sea level, the region is equally fascinating, from the giant lizards of Komodo Island to the unique dance performances of the Lesser Sunda Islands. «TravelPulse, Sep 14»
4
Doing the Coastal Crawl on Small Ships
Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Islands lie in a region rife with active volcanoes, coastal villages, megalithic cultures, jungle-clad mountain ranges and dry savannah ... «TravelPulse, Jun 14»
5
Volcanic eruption grounds flights in Asia-Pacific
Mount Sangeang is a small, uninhabited volcanic island in Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Islands. It's considered one of the most active in the area by scientists. «CNN International, Jun 14»
6
Sangeang Api volcano (Sunda Islands, Indonesia): eruption …
Eruptions continue at the volcano after yesterday's major explosion. Dense ash plumes rising from the summit crater can be seen on this morning's satellite ... «VolcanoDiscovery, May 14»
7
Global Map Pinpoints Locations Of Possible Giant Earthquakes
These regions include the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, Mexico-Central America, Greece, the Makran area on the Arabia Sea , the Sunda Islands in the ... «RedOrbit, Dec 13»
8
A Formosan cloud leopard, now extinct in Taiwan.
In 2006, research revealed that clouded leopards found in the Sunda Islands of Southeast Asia — which which include Borneo, Java, Sumatra and Bali — were ... «LiveScience.com, May 13»
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Luscious Lombok[1]|chinadaily.com.cn
Despite this grim veneer, Lombok - part of Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Islands - has a ... Like an instant antidote to the over-developed sister island of Bali, a faux ... «China Daily, Apr 13»
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Fun Facts About Komodo Dragons
Komodos are very rare and are found in the wild only on five islands: the Lesser Sunda Islands of Komodo, Rinca, Gili Montang and Gili Dasami — all within ... «LiveScience.com, Feb 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sunda Islands [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sunda-islands>. May 2024 ».
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