Greater Sunda Islands
plural noun
See under Sunda Islands.
Definition for greater sunda islands (2 of 2)
Sunda Islands
[ suhn-duh; Dutch soon-dah ]
/ ˈsʌn də; Dutch ˈsun dɑ /
plural noun
a chain of islands in Indonesia, in the Malay Archipelago, including Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi (Greater Sunda Islands); and a group of smaller islands extending E from Java to Timor (Lesser Sunda Islands).
Also
Soenda Islands
[soon-dah] /ˈsun dɑ/.
British Dictionary definitions for greater sunda islands (1 of 2)
Greater Sunda Islands
pl n
a group of islands in the W Malay Archipelago, forming the larger part of the Sunda Islands: consists of Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi
British Dictionary definitions for greater sunda islands (2 of 2)
Sunda Islands
/ (ˈsʌndə) /
pl n
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