Etymology

Greater Sundas

Today it means: An archipelago in Indonesia, composed of four large islands (Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Sulawesi). Full definition →

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So named as the archipelago's islands are all larger than the islands of the Lesser Sundas.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.