Sundanese /sʌndəˈniːz/adjective 1noun 1 adjective1 •Of or pertaining to the Sundanese people. noun1 •A member of an ethnic group in the western part of the island of Java in Indonesia, numbering approximately 42 million.According to these reports, which could not be verified, the Sundanese were preparing to declare their freedom from the new Indonesian Republic and to ask the Dutch for military protection. — 1947