Sumatra

From Indonesian Sumatera, from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”). Mentioned in the 11th century in Sanskrit as समुद्रभूमि (samudrabhūmi, “land of Sumatra”), gradually replacing the earlier सुवर्णद्वीप (suvarṇadvīpa).

• IPA^(key): /suːˈmɑːtɹə/

Sumatra

1. A largest island in Indonesia

• Sumatran

Sumatra (plural Sumatras)

1. (Singapore, formerly) A squall or violent rainstorm coming from the south.
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 119:

     In the Straits of Malacca one encounters a squall every night; there they are known by the name of Sumatras, crossing as they do from the island bearing that name.

2. A chicken of a breed native to the island of Sumatra, formerly used in cock-fighting and now mainly kept for exhibition.

• (squall or rainstorm): Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “Sumatra”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

• Muratas, Tamuras, traumas

From Indonesian Sumatra, from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”).

• Hyphenation: ca‧tag‧bo

Sumatra

1. Sumatra; the largest island of Indonesia
2. a surname from Sanskrit

Sumatra f

1. Sumatra

• sumaterský

• Sumatra in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Sumatra in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Italian Sumatra or Latin Sumatra (from Italian), used by Ludovico di Varthema in his travelogue, ultimately from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra).

• IPA^(key): /ˌsyˈmaː.traː/

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• Hyphenation: Su‧ma‧tra

Sumatra n

1. Sumatra [from 16th c.]

• Sumatraan

Ultimately from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsumɑtrɑ/, [ˈs̠umɑt̪rɑ]
• Rhymes: -umɑtrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Su‧mat‧ra

Sumatra

1. Sumatra (The largest island in Indonesia)

• sumatralainen
• sumatrankaniini
• sumatranoranki
• sumatransarvikuono

• surmata

• IPA^(key): /sy.ma.tʁa/

Sumatra m

1. Sumatra (an island in Indonesia)

• sumatrien

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Sumatra n (proper noun, genitive Sumatras or (optionally with an article) Sumatra)

1. Sumatra (an island in Indonesia)

From Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”).

Sumatra

1. Sumatra

• → English: Sumatra

From Indonesian Sumatra, from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”).

• IPA^(key): /suˈma.tra/
• Rhymes: -atra
• Hyphenation: Su‧mà‧tra

Sumatra f

1. Sumatra

• smurata

• IPA^(key): /suˈmat.ra/

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• Rhymes: -atra
• Syllabification: Su‧mat‧ra

Sumatra f

1. Sumatra (an island in Indonesia)

• Sumatra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Sumatra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Samatra

Sumatra f

1. Sumatra (the largest island in Indonesia)

• IPA^(key): /sǔmatra/
• Hyphenation: Su‧mat‧ra

Sùmatra f (Cyrillic spelling Су̀матра)

1. Sumatra

• “Sumatra” in Hrvatski jezični portal

• Sumatera

• IPA^(key): /suˈmatɾa/ [suˈma.t̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -atɾa
• Syllabification: Su‧ma‧tra

Sumatra f

1. Sumatra