"Sunda Islands" meaning in English

See Sunda Islands in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the Sunda Islands [canonical, plural], Sunda Island [attributive], Sunda islands [alternative]
Etymology: See Sunda. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|p|attr=Sunda Island|def=1|head=Sunda Islands}} the Sunda Islands pl (plural only, attributive Sunda Island)
  1. A group of islands in the Malay Archipelago. Tags: plural, plural-only Synonyms: Sundas Derived forms: Greater Sunda Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sunda Island tiger Translations (group of islands): 巽他群島 /巽他群岛 (Xùntā Qúndǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), Soenda-eilanden [neuter, plural] (Dutch), Sunda-eilanden [neuter, plural] (Dutch), îles de la Sonde [feminine, plural] (French), Sundainseln [feminine, plural] (German), Isole della Sonda [feminine, plural] (Italian), Archipelag Sundajski [masculine] (Polish), insulele Sunda [feminine, plural] (Romanian)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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