Sumatra

Borrowed from Indonesian Sumatera, from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”). Mentioned in the 11th century in Sanskrit as समुद्रभूमि (samudrabhūmi, “land of Sumatra”), gradually replacing the earlier सुवर्णद्वीप (suvarṇadvīpa).

• IPA^(key): /suːˈmɑːtɹə/

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Sumatra

2. The largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island.

• Greater Sunda Islands

• Sumatran

Sumatra (plural Sumatras)

1. (Singapore, formerly) A squall or violent rainstorm coming from the south.
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 119:

     In the Straits of Malacca one encounters a squall every night; there they are known by the name of Sumatras, crossing as they do from the island bearing that name.

2. A chicken of a breed native to the island of Sumatra, formerly used in cock-fighting and now mainly kept for exhibition.

• (squall or rainstorm): Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “Sumatra”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

• Muratas, Tamuras, traumas

From Indonesian Sumatra, from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”).

• Hyphenation: ca‧tag‧bo

Sumatra

1. Sumatra (the largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island)
2. a surname from Sanskrit

Sumatra f (relational adjective sumaterský, demonym Sumatřan, female demonym Sumatřanka)

1. Sumatra (the largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island)

• “Sumatra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Sumatra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Italian Sumatra or Latin Sumatra (from Italian), used by Ludovico di Varthema in his travelogue, ultimately from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra).

• IPA^(key): /ˌsyˈmaː.traː/

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• Hyphenation: Su‧ma‧tra

Sumatra n

1. Sumatra (the largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island) [from 16th c.]

• Sumatraan

Ultimately from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsumɑtrɑ/, [ˈs̠umɑ̝t̪rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -umɑtrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Su‧mat‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): Su‧mat‧ra

Sumatra

1. Sumatra (the largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island)

• sumatralainen
• sumatrankaniini
• sumatranoranki
• sumatransarvikuono

• surmata

• IPA^(key): /sy.ma.tʁa/

Sumatra m

1. Sumatra (the largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island)

• sumatrien

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Sumatra n (proper noun, genitive Sumatras or (optionally with an article) Sumatra)

1. Sumatra (the largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island)

Borrowed from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”).

Sumatra

1. Sumatra (the largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island)

• → English: Sumatra

From Indonesian Sumatra, from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”).

• IPA^(key): /suˈma.tra/
• Rhymes: -atra
• Hyphenation: Su‧mà‧tra

Sumatra f

1. Sumatra (the largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island)

• smurata

• IPA^(key): /suˈma.tra/

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• Rhymes: -atra
• Syllabification: Su‧ma‧tra

Sumatra f

1. Sumatra (the largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island)

• Sumatra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Samatra

• Hyphenation: Su‧ma‧tra

Sumatra f

1. Sumatra (the largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island)

• IPA^(key): /sǔmatra/
• Hyphenation: Su‧mat‧ra

Sùmatra f (Cyrillic spelling Су̀матра)

1. Sumatra (the largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island)

• “Sumatra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• Sumatera

• IPA^(key): /suˈmatɾa/ [suˈma.t̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -atɾa
• Syllabification: Su‧ma‧tra

Sumatra f

1. Sumatra (the largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island)