Sulawesi

English

Proper noun

Sulawesi

2. An island in Indonesia, the world's eleventh-largest island.

Synonyms

• Celebes (former name)

Holonyms

• Greater Sunda Islands

Translations

island

• Arabic: سُولَاوَسِي m (sulawasī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇拉威西 / 苏拉威西 (zh) (Sūlāwēixī)

• Farefare: Sulawesi
• French: Sulawesi (fr) m
• Georgian: სულავესი (sulavesi)
• German: Sulawesi (de) n
• Greek: Σουλαουέζι (el) n (Soulaouézi)
• Indonesian: Sulawesi (id)
• Irish: An tSulaivéis f
• Japanese: スラウェシ島 (Suraweshi-tō)
• Javanese: Sulawesi
• Korean: 술라웨시 (Sullawesi), 술라웨시 섬 (Sullawesi seom)
• Malay: Sulawesi
• Marathi: सुलावेसी (sulāvesī)
• Peranakan Indonesian: Celebes
• Polish: Celebes (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sulawesi f, Celebes f pl
• Russian: Сулаве́си (ru) m (Sulavési)
• Spanish: Célebes (es), Sulawesi
• Thai: สุลาเวสี (sulawesi)
• Turkish: Sulawesi
• Ukrainian: Сулаве́сі (Sulavési)

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsu.laːˈʋeː.si/

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• Hyphenation: Su‧la‧we‧si
• Rhymes: -eːsi

Proper noun

Sulawesi n

1. Sulawesi (an island in Indonesia, the world's eleventh-largest island)

Synonyms

• Celebes (historical)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sulaˈwesi]
• Hyphenation: Su‧la‧we‧si

Proper noun

Sulawesi

1. Sulawesi (an island in Indonesia, the world's eleventh-largest island)

Compounds

• Sulawesi Barat
• Sulawesi Tengah
• Sulawesi Tenggara
• Sulawesi Utara

 

Descendants

• → English: Sulawesi
• → Dutch: Sulawesi

Further reading

• “Sulawesi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Sulawesi f

1. Sulawesi (an island in Indonesia, the world's eleventh-largest island)

   Synonym: Celebes

Spanish

Proper noun

Sulawesi ?

1. Sulawesi (an island in Indonesia, the world's eleventh-largest island)