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Java Sea

American  

noun

  1. a sea between Java and Borneo.


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And so in 2019, the country’s president announced a bold plan to carve a new capital out of the rainforest 800 miles away across the Java Sea.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2024

Just five months earlier, all 189 on board Lion Air 610 were killed when a five-month-old Boeing 737 MAX 8 plunged into the Java Sea, 13 minutes after takeoff from Jakarta on Oct.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2024

The accident followed a Lion Air 737 MAX crash in Indonesia's Java Sea five months earlier which killed all 189 people on board.

From Reuters • Nov. 14, 2023

The main cause is uncontrolled groundwater extraction exacerbated by the rising levels of the Java Sea.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2023

We have had a slow passage through the Java Sea; drifted about Carimata for ten days.

From The Secret Sharer by Conrad, Joseph

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