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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or belonging to the Sunda Islands (including that chain of the East Indian archipelago which extends from the Malay peninsula to Papua), or the natives or inhabitants. See II.
  • noun One of a section of the Malay race inhabiting Malacca, the Sunda Islands, and the Philippines.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun An ethnic group in the western part of the island of Java in Indonesia, numbering approximately 33 million.
  • proper noun The language of the Sundanese people. The language is also known as Basa Sunda.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to the Sundanese people.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the Indonesian language spoken in the Lesser Sunda Islands

Etymologies

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The word "Sunda" may originate from Sanskrit, in which case it may mean either "light" or "water".

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