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Lesser Sundas

Lesser Sundas proper noun: an archipelago in Indonesia, composed of number of islands, including Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, and Timor.

Proper noun

the Lesser Sundas pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An archipelago in Indonesia, composed of number of islands, including Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, and Timor.

Synonyms of Lesser Sundas

Origin of Lesser Sundas

So named as the archipelago's islands are all smaller than the four large islands of the Greater Sundas.

Questions about Lesser Sundas

What does Lesser Sundas mean?
Lesser Sundas means an archipelago in Indonesia, composed of number of islands, including Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, and Timor.
What part of speech is Lesser Sundas?
Lesser Sundas is a proper noun.

Words near Lesser Sundas in the dictionary

  1. lesser spotted eagle
  2. lesser spotted eagles
  3. lesser spotted woodpecker
  4. lesser spotted woodpeckers
  5. Lesser Sunda Islands
  6. Lesser Sundas
  7. lesser trochanter
  8. lesser trochanters
  9. lesser vestibular glands
  10. Lesser Wain
  11. lesser wanderer

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