Definition of Lesser Sunda Islands

1. Noun. A chain of islands forming a province of Indonesia to the east of Java; includes Bali and Timor.

Exact synonyms: Nusa Tenggara
Group relationships: Sunda Islands
Member holonyms: Bali, Timor
Generic synonyms: Archipelago

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lesser Sunda Islands

Leslie Richard Groves
Leslie Townes Hope
Lesotho
Lesotho monetary unit
Lespedeza bicolor
Lespedeza cuneata
Lespedeza sericea
Lespedeza stipulacea
Lespedeza striata
Lesquerella
Lesseps
Lesser's triangle
Lesser Antillean
Lesser Antilles
Lesser Armenia
Lesser Sunda Islands (current term)
Lesshaft's triangle
Lessing
Lester
Lester Willis Young
Lesuth
Lesviot
Lesviots
Lesvonian
Lesvonians
Lesvos
Lethe
Lethean
Letheed
Lethy

Literary usage of Lesser Sunda Islands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1912)
"... Java, ma/a; Lesser Sunda Islands, ma/a, mada; Moluccas, ma/a, rnaa; Celebes, ... owe/i, wok, ho/i; Lesser Sunda Islands, Wa, fwin, wan, boa, bu, wo, ..."

2. A Physical, Historical, Political & Descriptive Geography by Keith Johnston (1908)
"Lesser Sunda Islands. — Of the Lesser Sunda Islands, which stretch east from Java, the first members are Bali and Lombok, both mountainous and volcanic, ..."

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