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Sundaland

Sundaland proper noun: a biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia which encompasses the areas of the Asian continental shelf that was exposed during the last ice age.

Proper noun

Sundaland

  1. A biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia which encompasses the areas of the Asian continental shelf that was exposed during the last ice age
  2. The area of the Sunda Shelf exposed during ice age glacial periods.
  3. (archaic) Sunda (region)

Synonyms of Sundaland

  • Sunda
  • Sunda Land
  • Sundaic region

Origin of Sundaland

From Sunda + land. The geographical use derives from Dutch Soendaland.

Words formed from Sundaland

Questions about Sundaland

What does Sundaland mean?
Sundaland means a biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia which encompasses the areas of the Asian continental shelf that was exposed during the last ice age.
What part of speech is Sundaland?
Sundaland is a proper noun.

Words near Sundaland in the dictionary

  1. Sunda Straits
  2. sundae
  3. sundaes
  4. Sundaic
  5. Sundaily
  6. Sundaland
  7. Sundalander
  8. Sundalanders
  9. sundance
  10. sundances
  11. Sundanese

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Sundaland (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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