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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A sultanate of northern Borneo on the South China Sea. Formerly a self-governing British protectorate, it became fully independent on January 1, 1984. Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a sultanate in Northwestern Borneo.

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  • proper noun A country in Southeast Asia.

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  • noun a sultanate in northwestern Borneo; became independent of Great Britain in 1984

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