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SUMATRA

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sumatra mean?

• SUMATRA (noun)
The noun SUMATRA has 1 sense:

1. a mountainous island in western Indonesia

Familiarity information: SUMATRA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SUMATRA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A mountainous island in western Indonesia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Sumatra"):

Medan (a city in Indonesia; located in northeastern Sumatra)

Meronyms (members of "Sumatra"):

Sumatran (a native or inhabitant of Sumatra)

Holonyms ("Sumatra" is a part of...):

Dutch East Indies; Indonesia; Republic of Indonesia (a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions)

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