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Lombok

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Lombok , island (1990 pop. 2,403,025), c.1,825 sq mi (4,725 sq km), E Indonesia, one of the Lesser Sundas, separated from Bali by the Strait of Lombok. Mataram, with the port of Ampenan nearby, is the chief town. The volcanic and mountainous terrain rises to 12,224 ft (3,726 m) at Mt. Rinjani (Rindjani). Its southern area is a fertile plain producing corn, rice, coffee, cotton, and tobacco. The island is inhabited mainly by Sasaks, Muslims of Malay descent; there are also Balinese and ethnic Chinese. First visited by the Dutch in 1674, Lombok became part of the Netherlands East Indies in 1894. The English naturalist A. R. Wallace noted that Lombok is on the line where the fauna of Asia and Australia meet. A state university is in Mataram.

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Lombok

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Lombok, Indonesia Bumi Gora, Selaparang An island meaning ‘Chilli’ in Javanese and appropriately so because red hot chillies thrive and are harvested by the locals. The first name meant ‘Dry Farmland’.

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Lombok

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Lombok •ad hoc, amok, Bangkok, baroque, belle époque, bloc, block, bock, brock, chock, chock-a-block, clock, cock, crock, doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, hock, hough, interlock, jock, knock, langue d'oc, lock, Locke, Médoc, mock, nock, o'clock, pock, post hoc, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, Spock, stock, wok, yapok •manioc • Antioch • sjambok •gemsbok • rhebok • steenbok •springbok • grysbok • Lombok •Zadok • Languedoc •burdock, Murdoch •hollyhock • forehock • spatchcock •blackcock • Hancock • petcock •haycock • gamecock •Leacock, peacock, seacock •Hickok • Hitchcock • poppycock •stopcock • gorcock •Alcock, ballcock •monocoque • woodcock • shuttlecock •moorcock • weathercock

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	TOURIST AREA IN LOMBOK WILL BE DEVELOPED WITH AN INVESTMENT OF RP 549.8 BILLION Magazine article from: Indonesian Commercial Newsletter; 1/25/1993
	UAE's Emaar, Indonesian Govt. extend Lombok Project JV. News Wire article from: WAM - United Arab Emirates News Agency; 6/22/2009
	WIN pounds 1,000 to spend at new Lombok store.(Features) Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England); 9/23/2011