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Definition of Greater sunda islands
1. Noun. A chain of islands including Borneo and Celebes and Java and Sumatra.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greater Sunda Islands
Literary usage of Greater sunda islands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"This immigration was of longest duration for the greater Sunda islands, of which
lava was the first to become isolated. The fauna of these islands, ..."
2. A Manual of Dates: A Dictionary of Reference to the Most Important Events in by George Henry Townsend (1867)
"... Borneo, discovered by the Portuguese in 1518 ; Celebes, occupied by the
Portuguese in the i6th century ; form what are termed the greater sunda islands. ..."
3. The International Geography by Hugh Robert Mill (1915)
"greater sunda islands Java.—Java, although not the largest of the Greater Sunda
Islands, is the most important of the Dutch possessions. ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1901)
"Thence it extends eastward to the greater Sunda Islands (Sumatra and Java) ; it
is found in the Philippine Islands, but does not advance any ..."
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