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  • proper noun A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Examples

  • Among the “Malays and other natives of the Archipelago” are included, Achinese, Boyanese, Bugis, Dyaks, Jawi – Pekans, and Manilamen.

    The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

  • The Dutch, after many years of warfare, finally subdued the Achinese in northern Sumatra (Atjeh), thus completing the pacification of Sumatra.

    1890 2001

  • Wexford sat in a rattan chair, reading Maugham's story about the ghost of the Achinese.

    The Speaker Of Mandarin Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1983

  • Would he - like Maugham's man with the Achinese - would he see her in England?

    The Speaker Of Mandarin Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1983

  • 'The End of the Flight', which had nothing to do with aircraft but was about a man in the Far East who had done some sort of injury to an Achinese and thereafter, no matter where he fled to, was haunted by this Achinese or his spirit or ghost.

    The Speaker Of Mandarin Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1983

  • The unconquerable independence of the Achinese, fiercely resenting the sovereignty of Holland, proves an insoluble problem to the Dutch methods of subjugation.

    Through the Malay Archipelago Emily Richings

  • A few years back, after journeying through Achin in Sumatra -- another little-known "corner" jealously guarded by the Dutch -- I, with my five companions, found it necessary to betake ourselves to British Dominions, having given offence to the Holland Government by our peregrinations through the hostile Achinese territory.

    Adventures in Many Lands Various

  • Then there are the Achinese, whose women frequently marry when eight years old, and are considered as well along in life when they reach their teens; and the Niassais, who are in deadly fear of albino children and who kill all twins as soon as they are born.

    Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China 1918

  • Westernmost and by far the most important of the Outposts is Sumatra, an island four-fifths the size of France, as potentially rich in mineral and agricultural wealth as Java, but with a sparse and intractable population, certain of the tribes, notably the Achinese, who inhabit the northern districts, still defying Dutch rule in spite of the long and costly series of wars which have resulted from

    Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China 1918

  • Among the "Malays and other natives of the Archipelago" are included, Achinese, Boyanese, Bugis, Dyaks, Jawi-Pekans, and Manilamen.

    The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883

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