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greater sundas

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
greater -sun-das
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An archipelago in Indonesia, composed of four large islands (Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Sulawesi).

Etymology

So named as the archipelago's islands are all larger than the islands of the Lesser Sundas.

Inflected Forms

the Greater Sundas (canonical, plural)

Synonyms

Greater Sunda Islands

Questions

What does greater sundas mean?
An archipelago in Indonesia, composed of four large islands (Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Sulawesi).
Where does greater sundas come from?
So named as the archipelago's islands are all larger than the islands of the Lesser Sundas.

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