CELEBES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Celebes mean? 

• CELEBES (noun)
  The noun CELEBES has 1 sense:

1. a mountainous island in eastern Indonesia

  Familiarity information: CELEBES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CELEBES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mountainous island in eastern Indonesia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Celebes; Sulawesi

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Celebes" is a part of...):

Dutch East Indies; Indonesia; Republic of Indonesia (a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions)