Sumatra
/suːˈmɑːtɹə/
Sumatra proper noun: the largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island.
Proper noun
Sumatra
Noun
Sumatra (plural Sumatras)
- A squall or violent rainstorm coming from the south.
- In the Straits of Malacca one encounters a squall every night; there they are known by the name of Sumatras, crossing as they do from the island bearing that name.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 119
- A chicken of a breed native to the island of Sumatra, formerly used in cock-fighting and now mainly kept for exhibition.
Sumatra meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Sumatra in Hindi
- the largest island of Indonesia
- सुमात्रा sumātrā
Sumatra in Tamil
- the largest island of Indonesia
- சுமாத்திரா cumāttirā
Sumatra in Marathi
- the largest island of Indonesia
- सुमात्रा sumātrā
Sumatra in Urdu
- the largest island of Indonesia
- سماٹرا
More languagesFewer languages
- Sumatra in Bengali
- সুমাত্রা śumatra
- Sumatra in Malayalam
- സുമാത്ര sumātra
- Sumatra in Odia
- ସୁମାତ୍ରା sumātrā
- Sumatra in Sanskrit
- सुवर्णद्वीप suvarṇadvīpá
- Sumatra in Nepali
- सुमात्रा sumātrā
- Sumatra in Tagalog
- Sumatra
- Sumatra in Arabic
- سُومَطْرَة sūmaṭra
- Sumatra in Malay
- Sumatera
- Sumatra in Indonesian
- Sumatera
- Sumatra in Persian
- سوماترا
- Sumatra in Thai
- สุมาตรา sùmâatdtraa
- Sumatra in Myanmar
- ဆူမတြာ hcuma.tra
Forms of Sumatra
| plural | Sumatras |
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Origin of Sumatra
From Portuguese Sumatra, from Arabic سُومَطْرَة (sūmaṭra), from Malay Sumatera, from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”). Mentioned in the 11th century in Sanskrit as समुद्रभूमि (samudrabhūmi, “land of Sumatra”), gradually replacing the earlier सुवर्णद्वीप (suvarṇadvīpa).
Words formed from Sumatra
Phrases with Sumatra
Questions about Sumatra
- What does Sumatra mean?
- Sumatra means the largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island.
- What is Sumatra in Hindi?
- Sumatra in Hindi is सुमात्रा (sumātrā). See Sumatra meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Sumatra?
- Sumatra can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Sumatra?
- Sumatra is pronounced /suːˈmɑːtɹə/.
Words near Sumatra in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Sumatra (page history and authors); सुवर्णद्वीप (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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