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BORNEO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago
Synonyms:
Borneo; Kalimantan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Meronyms (parts of "Borneo"):
Brunei; Negara Brunei Darussalam (a sultanate in northwestern Borneo; became independent of Great Britain in 1984)
Indonesian Borneo; Kalimantan (the part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo)
East Malaysia (the part of Malaysia that is on the island of Borneo)
North Borneo; Sabah (one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia; located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo)
Sarawak (the largest state in Malaysia; located on the northwest of the island of Borneo)
Meronyms (members of "Borneo"):
Bornean (a native or inhabitant of Borneo)
Holonyms ("Borneo" is a part of...):
East India; East Indies; Malay Archipelago (a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia)
