Sunda

See also: sunda

English

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Sunda

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Etymology

Most terms: Indonesian Pasundan (“former Sunda Kingdom area such as West Java, Banten and western Central Java”)

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Proper noun

Sunda

1. Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the western part of the Malay archipelago
2. Sunda Strait, the strait between Java and Sumatra
3. Sunda Shelf, part of the continental shelf of Southeast Asia
4. Sundaland, a biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia
5. a kingdom that existed in west part of Java island from the 7th century to the 16th century
6. the Sundanese people
7. the language of the Sundanese
8. the Sundanese script
9. Sunda Kommuna, a municipality in the Faroe Islands
10. a clan (gotra) of Jats in India
11. a clan (gotra) of Nath in India
12. an Asura brother of Upasunda

Derived terms

• Sunda clouded leopard

Translations

An ancient kingdom

Chinese: Mandarin: 巽他王國 / 巽他王国 (Xùntā Wángguó)

Anagrams

• Duans, Sudan, duans, unsad

Betawi

Alternative forms

• Sundè (Urban Jakarta)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sun.ˈda/
  • Rhymes: -a
• (Ciputat, Pasar Rebo, Pebayuran) IPA^(key): /sun.ˈdaʔ/
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
• (Urban Jakarta) IPA^(key): /sun.ˈdɛ/

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  • Rhymes: -ɛ

Noun

Sunda (Arab Gundul spelling سوندا)

1. Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the western part of the Malay archipelago
2. Sunda Strait, the strait between Java and Sumatra
3. Sunda Shelf, part of the continental shelf of Southeast Asia
4. Sundaland, a biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia
5. a kingdom that existed in west part of Java island from the 7th century to the 16th century
6. the Sundanese people
7. the language of the Sundanese
8. the Sundanese script

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

Sunda

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Etymology

From Sundanese Sunda.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsunda/ [ˈsun.da]
• Rhymes: -unda
• Syllabification: Sun‧da

Proper noun

Sunda

1. Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the western part of the Malay archipelago
2. Sunda Strait, the strait between Java and Sumatra
3. Sunda Shelf, part of the continental shelf of Southeast Asia
4. Sundaland, a biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia
5. a kingdom that existed in west part of Java island from the 7th century to the 16th century
6. the Sundanese people
7. the language of the Sundanese
8. the Sundanese script

Adjective

Sunda

1. Of or pertaining to the Sundanese people or culture.

   Dia keluar mengenakan baju Sunda. ― He went out wearing a Sundanese shirt

Further reading

• “Sunda”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016