Associations to the word «Celebes»

Wiktionary

CELEBES, proper noun. Former name of Sulawesi.
CELEBES SEA, proper noun. The area of the western Pacific Ocean bounded by the Sulu Sea, the island of Borneo, the Sangihe Islands and Sulawesi.

Dictionary definition

CELEBES, noun. A mountainous island in eastern Indonesia.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne