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sulu
name 4noun 2
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4ADJ.
colourful, separate
VERB + SULU
reason, subjugate
SULU + NOUN
people, piracy, seas
PREP.
around
Definitions
noun
1
An all-purpose skirt-like garment worn by men and women in Fiji.
name
1
A province of Mindanao, Philippines. Capital: Jolo & Patikul.
2
Sulu Archipelago (an archipelago of Mindanao, Philippines)
3
the Sultanate of Sulu
4
Tausug language
noun
1
A member of a prominent Moro tribe, occupying the Sulu Archipelago.
That is the reason why the Sulu people have the right, and that they came to make the dredge (badja) to get the mother-of-pearl shell from the deep, because they can not see them.
At the present time there are but few remains on the Island of Jolo of the past glory and civilization of the Sulu people.
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That is the reason why the Sulu people have the right, and that they came to make the dredge (badja) to get the mother-of-pearl shell from the deep, because they can not see them.
Wiktionary02
At the present time there are but few remains on the Island of Jolo of the past glory and civilization of the Sulu people.
Wiktionary03
If the Spaniards merely meant to subjugate the Sulu, suppressing piracy and lawlessness on the way and no more, they would have been applauded in many quarters.
Wiktionary04
The Celebes and Sulu Seas separate the Indonesian Archipelago and the Philippines.
Tatoeba · #209963005
Years ago, my Fijian neighbour would wear a colourful wraparound "sulu" around his house and yard.
Tatoeba · #10642747Usage Notes
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