Lexicographical Neighbors of Sumatras
Literary usage of Sumatras
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poultry Culture Sanitation and Hygiene by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1920)
"THE ORIENTAL CLASS The Oriental class consists of three breeds, as follows:
Malays, sumatras, and Malay Bantams. The Malays. ..."
2. The Eastern Seas: Or, Voyages and Adventures in the Indian Archipelago, in by George Windsor Earl (1837)
"CHAPTER XI. SINGAPORE. Singapore—The Town and Country—The Institution.—Soil and
Climate.— sumatras. — European Residents. — Amusements.—Native Population. ..."
3. The India Directory: Or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies by James Horsburgh (1852)
"sumatras generally come off the land during the first part of the night, ...
North-Westers do not prevail so much as the sumatras, and although most common ..."
4. Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke (1903)
"Our English Sailors call them sumatras, because they always meet with them on
... sumatras generally come off the land during the first part of the night, ..."
5. A Directory for the Navigation of the Indian Ocean: With Descriptions of Its by Alexander G. Findlay (1866)
"Squalls from the NW are not so frequent as the sumatras, they are more common in the
... They are, like the sumatras, accompanied by rain and thunder. ..."
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