Madura

(mah-du'rah,) an island of the Malay Archipelago, situate off the N.E. coast of Java, and politically included within the govt. of the latter, from which island it is separated by the Strait of Madura. Area, 1,330 sq. m. Soil fertile, and tolerably productive. Pop. 300,000. Madu'ra, a city of Hindostan, C. of a maritime dist. of same name, on the Vighey, 136 m. N.N.E. of Cape Com or in. It is noted for the choice examples of Hindoo architecture found within its precincts. Pop. of city, 20,000; of dist. 1,756,791. [s. 567]