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# sumatran

adjective (Sumatran); noun (a Sumatran, Sumatrans)

«sumatran» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Sumatran means from or to do with Sumatra, a large island of Indonesia in South-East Asia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sumatran/#m1)
2. A Sumatran is a person from Sumatra. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sumatran/#m2)
3. It is used in the names of rare animals that live there: the Sumatran tiger, the Sumatran orangutan, the Sumatran rhinoceros and the Sumatran elephant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sumatran/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography and science lessons, Sumatran animals are examples of critically endangered species whose rainforest home is being cut down, often for palm-oil farms. Pupils learn about protecting habitats and choosing products that do not destroy forests. Phrases: «Sumatran tiger», «Sumatran orangutan», «Sumatran rainforest».

### Examples

- The Sumatran tiger is the smallest tiger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sumatran/#x1)
- Sumatran orangutans live high in the trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sumatran/#x2)
- Only a few Sumatran rhinos are left in the wild. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sumatran/#x3)
- The Sumatran rainforest is being cut down for farms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sumatran/#x4)
- We adopted a Sumatran tiger at the zoo for our class project. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sumatran/#x5)
- Sumatran coffee is sold all over the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sumatran/#x6)

### Note

Write with a capital S, because it comes from a place name (Sumatra). Pronounced soo-MAH-tran. «Critically endangered» means a species is at very high risk of dying out.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sumatran» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sumatran/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sumatran» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sumatran.html) on Mova free.