See also:

• SUMBA (TJENDANA, or SANDALWOOD)

SUMBA (TJENDANA, or See also:

• SANDALWOOD (from Fr. sandal, santal, Gr. oitvraXov, atw&sXov, Pers. sandal, chandan, Skt. chandana, the sandal tree; the form " sanders " is probably an English corruption)

SANDALWOOD)  , one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in the Dutch See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies, lying See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• FLORES

Flores, from which it is separated by See also:

• SUMBA (TJENDANA, or SANDALWOOD)

Sumba strait, about 1o° S., 120° E . It has an See also:

• AREA

area of about 4600 sq. m., consists of a See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau with an extreme See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of about 3300 ft., and appears to be composed mainly of sedimentary rocks . It has a large See also:

• MALAY

Malay See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population (estimated at 200,000) . Some See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade is carried on in See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, ponies, edible birds' nests, See also:

• TORTOISESHELL

tortoiseshell, &c., mainly by See also:

• BUGIS

Bugis and See also:

• ARABS

Arabs, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief centre for which is Waingapu or Nangamessi on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-east See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . Sumba is included in the Dutch residency of See also:

• TIMOR
• TIMOR (Timur i Leng, the lame Timur)

Timor, together with the lesser See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Savu, to the east . From this last island the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea is enclosed by Timor, Sumba and the islands between them, and Flores and the See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of islands east of it is called the Savu Sea . " Kota " means See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement or township, and a See also:

• GREAT

great many districts have been named from the number of See also:

• KOTAS (Kotar, Koter, Kohatur, Gauhatar)

kotas they contain; e.g. the VII . Kotas, the VIII . Kotas, &c .