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  • proper noun The former name of Sulawesi

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  • noun a mountainous island in eastern Indonesia

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Examples

  • Both country claim ownership over the oil rich sea block situated in Celebes Sea which borders with Malaysian state Sabah.

    Global Voices in English » Indonesia: Deteriorating Primary Defense Weapon System 2009

  • Wallace could expect about five months of this weather if he hung around here in southern Celebes, he was told.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • These have their metropolis in Madagascar, but are found also in Africa, in Ceylon, in the peninsula of India, and in the Malay Archipelago as far as Celebes, which is its furthest eastern limit.

    The Malay Archipelago 2004

  • Wallace could expect about five months of this weather if he hung around here in southern Celebes, he was told.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • For several days after leaving Unsang, we had but little or no wind, and we were borne away by a strong easterly current, till we were carried in sight of Celebes, which is high and mountainous, and covered with dense forests of gigantic trees.

    Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Frank Marryat 1840

  • The most famous part of the coffee area in Sulawesi (previously called Celebes) is Toraja, which is in the center of the coffee production area and located in the highest parts of the Sesean Mountains.

    unknown title 2009

  • The most famous part of the coffee area in Sulawesi (previously called Celebes) is Toraja, which is in the center of the coffee production area and located in the highest parts of the Sesean Mountains.

    unknown title 2009

  • "Celebes," he says, "is the key to the Moluccas, or Spice Islands, which are necessarily under the power of the people who are masters of this island.

    Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866

  • Scientists with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography last week published photographs and information of a newly discovered species found in the Celebes Sea between Indonesia and the Philippines: the squidworm.

    Scientists unveil the squidworm, a newly discovered species Post 2010

  • Teuthidodrilus samae was discovered in October 2007 by a remotely operated vehicle in the deepest reaches of the Celebes.

    Scientists unveil the squidworm, a newly discovered species Post 2010

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