Sumatra

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From Portuguese Sumatra, from Arabic سُومَطْرَة (sūmaṭra), from Malay 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).

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Acehnese: Ruja — the largest island of Indonesia
• Afrikaans: Soematra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Albanian: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Amharic: ሱማትራ (sumatra) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Arabic: سُومَطْرَة (sūmaṭra) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Armenian: Սումատրա — the largest island of Indonesia
• Azerbaijani: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Balinese: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Banjarese: Sumatera — the largest island of Indonesia
• Banjarese: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Toba Batak: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Belarusian: Сума́тра (Sumátra) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Bengali: সুমাত্রা (śumatra) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Bulgarian: Сума́тра (Sumátra) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Burmese: ဆူမတြာ (hcuma.tra) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Catalan: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Chinese Cantonese: 蘇門答臘 /苏门答腊 (sou1 mun4 daap3 laap6) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Chinese Mandarin: 蘇門答臘 /苏门答腊 (Sūméndálà) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Czech: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Danish: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Dutch: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Estonian: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Finnish: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• French: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Georgian: სუმატრა (sumaṭra) — the largest island of Indonesia
• German: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Gorontalo: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Greek: Σουμάτρα (Soumátra) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Hebrew: סומטרה — the largest island of Indonesia
• Hindi: सुमात्रा (sumātrā) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Hungarian: Szumátra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Icelandic: Súmatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Indonesian: Sumatera — the largest island of Indonesia
• Italian: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Japanese: スマトラ (Sumatora) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Javanese: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Kazakh: Суматра — the largest island of Indonesia
• Khmer: សូម៉ាត្រា (soomaatraa) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Korean: 수마트라 (Sumateura) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Latin: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Latvian: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Lithuanian: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Macedonian: Сума́тра (Sumátra) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Madurese: Somattra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Malagasy: Somatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Malay: Sumatera — the largest island of Indonesia
• Malayalam: സുമാത്ര (sumātra) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Marathi: सुमात्रा (sumātrā) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Minangkabau: Sumatera — the largest island of Indonesia
• Nepali: सुमात्रा (sumātrā) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Odia: ସୁମାତ୍ରା (sumātrā) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Persian: سوماترا — the largest island of Indonesia
• Polish: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Portuguese: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Portuguese: Samatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Romanian: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Russian: Сума́тра (Sumátra) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Serbo-Croatian: Суматра — the largest island of Indonesia
• Serbo-Croatian: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Slovak: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Slovene: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Spanish: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Spanish: Sumatera — the largest island of Indonesia
• Sundanese: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Swedish: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Tagalog: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Tamil: சுமாத்திரா (cumāttirā) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Thai: สุมาตรา (sùmâatdtraa) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Turkish: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia
• Ukrainian: Сума́тра (Sumátra) — the largest island of Indonesia
• Urdu: سماٹرا — the largest island of Indonesia
• Uzbek: Sumatra — the largest island of Indonesia