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- proper noun An
island ofIndonesia off the coast ofJava .
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The 6. of December we came to a great Island called Madura, where we ankered, and in the evening two of their men came aborde our shippes, with message from their Gouernour, saying that we were welcome, desiring vs to stay there, for he would trafficke with vs, and sell vs some Pepper, as they saide, but wee belieued them not.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The 6. of December we came to a great Island called Madura, where we ankered, and in the evening two of their men came aborde our shippes, with message from their Gouernour, saying that we were welcome, desiring vs to stay there, for he would trafficke with vs, and sell vs some Pepper, as they saide, but wee belieued them not.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III Richard Hakluyt 1584
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On the 14th, we ran by the ifland Madura, which is about four leagues long, lying eaft and weft, on the north fide of Java, the land we made in the morning being the north-eaft part of it.
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It was very well for us that we met with this pilot; for, having no good charts, nor any one acquainted with thofe feas, we had run greater hazards On the 14th, we ran by the ifland Madura, which is about four leagues long, lying eaft and weft, on the north fide of Java, the land we made in the morning beinp; the north-caft part of it.
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Present estimates place the tropical storm's expected path too far east of Cape Kennedy to pass over the launch pad, Madura adds, although NASA reminded workers to prepare their homes for a storm, in case they need to work through Emily.
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We are watching it closely, says NASA weather chief John Madura of Kennedy Space Center.
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Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A contestant raced his bulls during the Madura traditional bull race, locally called Karapan Sapi, in Pamekasan on Saturday.
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In BBSNP the native Lampung form only 15%, the rest being immigrants from further north or from Java, Sunda, Bali, and Madura.
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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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The idea was to help poor people from overpopulated islands, like Java and Madura, by moving them to fertile tracts on less crowded islands like Borneo.
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