sumatra in English

noun
1
a large island in Indonesia, southwest of the Malay Peninsula, from which it is separated by the Strait of Malacca; chief city, Medan.

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1. Styrax Benzoin grows on Sumatra; hence, it’s called Sumatra Benzoin

2. The Ambilian peoples of Sumatra

3. 4 a tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra.

4. Billiton definition, an island in Indonesia, between Borneo and Sumatra

5. Belitung is an island located off the eastern coast of Sumatra

6. 9 November 1940: Atlantis sank the freighter Teddy west of Sumatra.

7. N Banxring bangks′ring a small insectivorous animal of Java and Sumatra.

8. Later that day, Australia captured the German steamer Sumatra off Cape Tawui.

9. It is endemic to the rainforests of Sumatra and possibly Borneo.

10. Saumarez was in Force 63 in April, when she bombarded Oleelhoe, Sumatra.

11. 10 November 1940: Atlantis captured the tanker Ole Jacob west of Sumatra.

12. What does Achinese mean? A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia

13. Billiton definition: an island of Indonesia , in the Java Sea between Borneo and Sumatra

14. The great Ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas, which has a very short tail

15. 19 January 1942: Japanese aircraft sank the liner Van Imhoff west of Sumatra.

16. In 1985, a total of 26 protected areas across Sumatra containing about 800 tigers were identified.

17. The titan arum grows in the wild only in the equatorial rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia.

18. On 14 May 1998, at least ten offices, banks, and showrooms in Padang, West Sumatra, had rocks thrown at them by student rioters on the way to the Provincial People's Representative Council office of West Sumatra.

19. The targets were Japanese port and oil facilities on Sabang Island (off the northern tip of Sumatra).

20. Resurgent Calderas: The Toba Caldera in Sumatra, Indonesia, is an example of a resurgent caldera

21. Borneo and Sumatra are the only places in the world where orangutans can be found in the wild

22. They reported that there was an 8.5 magnitude earthquake in Sumatra, which triggered the massive tsunami.

23. Java is a relatively small island compared to Sumatra, but it has a higher concentration of active volcanoes.

24. The waves up to three meters high hit the Mentawai islands , about 280 kilometers off western Sumatra .

25. In 2009, Sumatra 1.0 had a 1.21 MB setup file, compared to Adobe Reader 9.5's 32 MB.

26. "Magnitude 9.0 off W coast of northern Sumatra Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 00:58:49 UTC: Preliminary rupture model".

27. It sounds like this cake comes from Ambon, but it is best known and famous in Medan, Sumatra

28. The orangutan —common in the rain forests of Sumatra and Borneo —is the world’s largest tree-dwelling animal.

29. The Sunda megathrust is curviplanar, forming an arc in map view and, at least in Sumatra, increasing in dip from 5°-7° near the trench, then increasing gradually from 15°-20° beneath the Mentawai Islands to about 30° below the coastline of Sumatra.

30. Until 2003 Nias was a single administrative regency (kabupaten) covering the entire island, part of the province of North Sumatra.

31. In the early twentieth century the port's business expanded, with the growth of major rubber and palm oil plantations in northern Sumatra.

32. Situated off the southeastern coast of Sumatra, the province comprises two main islands, Bangka and Belitung, and several smaller ones.

33. Borobudur was constructed during the Srivijaya Empire which covered all of Java, Sumatra, peninsular Malaysia, and coastal areas of Borneo.

34. Belitung Island has become a new favorite island-themed holiday destination among tourists located south-east off the larger island of Sumatra

35. Pulau Belitung is a small island in Sumatra, Indonesia that’s becoming famous for its crystal clear water and rocky granite islands

36. On 29 January, the second raid, Operation Meridian Two, an air strike against the oil refinery at Soengei Gerong, Sumatra, was undertaken.

37. Borneo is one of two places on the planet where endangered orangutans can still be found; Sumatra in Indonesia is the other

38. In Indonesia, turmeric leaves are used for Minang or Padang curry base of Sumatra, such as rendang, sate padang, and many other varieties.

39. Agencies in such places as Australia and Hawaii detected the massive earthquake in northern Sumatra and foresaw the potential danger of the aftereffect.

40. Anhinga beckeri Emslie, 1998 (Early – Late Pleistocene of SE US) Protoplotus, a small Paleogene phalacrocoraciform from Sumatra, was in old times considered a primitive darter

41. Belitung or Belitong, was better known as billiton is an island in off the east coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, flanked by the Gaspar Strait and Karimata Strait

42. It occupies the whole island of Simeulue (Pulau Simeulue), 150 km off the west coast of Sumatra, with an area of 2,051.48 square kilometres (792.08 square miles).

43. Benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic

44. Belitung, atau Belitong (bahasa setempat, diambil dari nama sejenis siput laut), dulunya dikenal sebagai Billiton adalah sebuah pulau di lepas pantai timur Sumatra, Indonesia, diapit …

45. The Malacca Straits river system is formed by a joining of waters from northeastern Sumatra and the western Malayan Peninsula, draining into the Andeman Sea.

46. Le Benjoin de Sumatra a une odeur un peu plus âpre, mais contient également la matière odoriférante de vanilline

47. The titan arum was discovered by botanists on Sumatra in 1878 and is considered by many to have the most spectacular blossom in the world.

48. Benzoin (Stryrax Benzoin – Stryraceae) Styrax Benzoin is a tree which originated in Laos and Vietnam, but now grows in and around Malaysia, Java and Sumatra

49. For our first few days in Sumatra, we learn the basic greetings, cultural forms of respect, and Acclimatize to our new time zone and home

50. Arse, Irish, British, Australian, South African and regional Canadian English for the buttocks ("ass" in American English); Arse, the name for the Iberian settlement of modern-day Sagunto; Arse (district), a district in the South Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra province, Sumatra, Indonesia River Arse, a river in the Ariège department of southern France