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- proper noun An sea
north of theisland ofJava inIndonesia and south ofBorneo .
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Examples
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Eric Bellman/The Wall Street Journal Untung Jawa, a tiny Indonesian island shown from afar in the Java Sea, is inundated with a tide of trash from nearby Jakarta.
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That had to to resonate from Morocco on the Atlantic to Indonesia on the Java Sea.
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Since time immemorial, this funnel-shaped passage linking the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean has been one of the two main shipping routes.
Ancient Trade: The Belitung Wreck Jan 2008
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Since time immemorial, this funnel-shaped passage linking the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean has been one of the two main shipping routes.
Archive 2008-10-01 Jan 2008
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One of the largest tribes on Borneo, they never had their own governor under Suharto and long resented migrants like the Muslims from Madura, 200 miles away across the Java Sea.
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It happened right there in the body of water, the Java Sea, about 18 miles from shore, about 70 miles from Jakarta, the capital.
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PHILLIPS: More now on that major earthquake to strike just past Jakarta, Indonesia, right there in the Java Sea.
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The 7.5 quake was centered 62 miles east of Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta, 180 miles under the Java Sea.
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Hundreds of others have died en route, among them the approximately 370 people who drowned after their overloaded boat sank in the Java Sea on Oct. 19.
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That, of course, was the big concern, Kathy, seeing that this happened right there in the Java Sea, 18 miles from the shoreline?
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