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Sumatra en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /suːˈmɑːtɹə/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
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).
Meanings
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(Singapore, qualifier:formerly) 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:
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A chicken of a breed native to the island of Sumatra, formerly used in cock-fighting and now mainly kept for exhibition.
Forms
Sumatra en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /suːˈmɑːtɹə/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
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).
Meanings
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The largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island.
Deriveds
Sumatran
Holonyms
Greater Sunda Islands
Translations (72)
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