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Borneo

(bôr′nē ō′)

large island in the Malay Archipelago, southwest of the Philippines: the S portion ( Kalimantan) is a part of Indonesia; the N portion is composed of the Malaysian states of Sabah & Sarawak, and of Brunei: total area, c. 288,000 sq mi (745,917 sq km)

See Borneo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

An island of the western Pacific Ocean in the Malay Archipelago between the Sulu and Java seas southwest of the Philippines. It is the third-largest island in the world. The sultanate of Brunei is on the northwest coast; the rest of the island is divided between Indonesia and Malaysia.

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