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    BORNEO

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     I. (noun) 

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    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 Archipelagoplay

    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)

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