Banda
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8.8
- proper noun
- The scene in Far Rockaway could certainly have passed for any global disaster zone, so perhaps it shouldn't seem strange that Doctors Without Borders had arrived to do exactly what it does in crises around the world, from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
- Banda Aceh
Examples
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Nutmeg was among the most precious, but it was only cultivated on Indonesia's Banda Islands.
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The group's domain extends from the islands around the Banda Sea to the Solomon Islands.
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A dog is seen in the flooded streets of Banda Aceh in the aftermath of a devastating tsunami wave that hit the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2005.
Blog text (26) -
Collingsworth's plane landed in the city of Banda Aceh in late March of 2001, just as ExxonMobil was temporarily closing the Arun facility following a rise in attacks on the company's employees and property.
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PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Acehnese children use a prayer mat for shade as they wait for the start of Friday prayers at a mosque, which is also a makeshift refugee camp in the tsunami-hit city of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, February 4, 2005.
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Nutmeg is cultivated exclusively on the Banda Islands in eastern Indonesia.
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The famous spice trade once centered around the Banda Islands of Indonesia.
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Travelers flock to the Banda Islands to experience their stunning landscapes and rich history.
Synonyms
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8.3
A group of islands in eastern Indonesia called the Spice Islands and famous for nutmeg and cloves
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5.9
A group of islands in eastern Indonesia famous for nutmeg and cloves
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6.3
A group of islands in eastern Indonesia known as the Spice Islands for cloves and nutmeg
Surface Forms
Etymology
Banda for the islands comes from the local name used by people in Indonesia for that small group of islands. The islands became famous long ago as the only place to grow nutmeg, so Banda now brings to mind those nutmeg islands and their history of trade.