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sumatra
/ˌsuˈmɑtɹə/
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What does sumatra mean?
noun
- A squall or violent rainstorm coming from the south.
- A chicken of a breed native to the island of Sumatra, formerly used in cock-fighting and now mainly kept for exhibition.
proper noun
- The largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌsuˈmɑtɹə/
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Have you materials to show to what little height it ever ascends the mountains of Java or Sumatra?
Some Connecticut soils raise Sumatra tobacco equal to the imported crop that sells in this country at fancy prices.
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Mr. M—, of whom I told you, has been in every corner of the far East—Java, Sumatra, everywhere—and is extremely amusing.
He was not employed by the same firm again, and got up a voyage to the coast of Sumatra for pepper.
A large number of the ancestors of the present Ibans were probably brought to Borneo from Sumatra less than two hundred years ago.