Sulawesi

English Etymology en The name Sulawesi possibly comes from the words sula ("island") and besi ("iron") and may refer to the historical export of iron from the rich Lake Matano iron deposits. The name came into common use in English following Indonesian independence. Proper noun en Q3812en island c/Indonesia the world's eleventh-largest island. Synonyms en Celebes former name Holonyms en Greater Sunda Islands Derived terms en Sulawesian Sulawesi civet Sulawesi palm civet Sulawesi crested macaque Translations island Arabic: ar سُولَاوَسِي m sulawasī Asturian: ast Sulavesi, ast Célebes Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 蘇拉威西 Sūlāwēixī Dutch: nl Sulawesi n, nl Celebes historically Farefare: gur Sulawesi French: fr Sulawesi m Georgian: ka სულავესი German: de Sulawesi n Greek: el Σουλαουέζι n Hindi: hi सुलावेसी Indonesian: id Sulawesi Irish: ga Sulaivéis f An tSulaivéis Japanese: ja スラウェシ島 Suraweshi-tō Javanese: jv Sulawesi Korean: ko ^술라웨시, ko ^술라웨시 섬 Malay: ms Sulawesi Marathi: mr सुलावेसी Peranakan Indonesian: pea Celebes Polish: pl Celebes m Portuguese: pt Sulawesi f, pt Celebes f-p Russian: ru Сулаве́си m Spanish: es Célebes, es Sulawesi Thai: th สุลาเวสี sulawesi Turkish: tr Sulawesi Ukrainian: uk Сулаве́сі Welsh: cy Swlawesi m Dutch nl: Etymology nl Pronunciation nl /ˌsu.laːˈʋeː.si/ nl Nl-Sulawesi.ogg nl Su la we si nl eːsi Proper noun n nl Sulawesi Q3812 Synonyms nl Celebes historical Indonesian id: Pronunciation id [sulaˈwesi] id Su la we si Proper noun id noun id Sulawesi Q3812 Compounds id Sulawesi Barat Sulawesi Selatan Sulawesi Tengah Sulawesi Tenggara Sulawesi Utara Descendants en 1 Sulawesi nl 1 Sulawesi Further reading Portuguese Proper noun f pt Celebes Spanish Pronunciation Proper noun es Sulawesi Q3812 es Célebes