Etymology

Sundaland

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Today it means: A biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia which encompasses the areas of the Asian continental shelf that was exposed during the last ice age Full definition →

Dutch Soendaland
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromSoendaland
  2. English todaySundaland

From Sunda + land. The geographical use derives from Dutch Soendaland.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1920s A biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia which encompasses the areas of the Asian continental shelf that was exposed during the last ice age

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.