Aru Islands. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Aru Islands

SYLLABICATION:	A·ru Islands
PRONUNCIATION:	är
VARIANT FORMS:	also A·roe Islands or Ar·roe Islands
	An island group of eastern Indonesia, part of the Moluccas in the Arafura Sea southwest of New Guinea. The islands were colonized by the Dutch after 1623.


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