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Indonesian

noun

A native or inhabitant of Indonesia.

The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia. Synonyms: Bahasa, Bahasa Indonesia.

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"Indonesian" Quotes from Famous Books

... nucleus was the island of Crete. Its influence extended far beyond its island base into southern Europe, western Asia and North Africa. Experiments with civilization on and near the Indian sub-continent centered around the Indonesian archipelago and the rich, semi-tropical and tropical valleys of the Ganges, the Indus, the Gadari, the Irra-waddy and the Mekong. Although they were contiguous geographically and extended over a time span of approximately two thousand ...

— Civilization and Beyond - Learning From History • Scott Nearing

... most probable that they came from Papua or New Guinea. For various opinions on this point, see Zuniga's Estadismo (Retana's ed.), i, pp. 422-429; Delgado's Historia general, part i, lib. iii, cap. i; and Report of U.S. Philippine Commission, 1900, iii, pp. 333-335. Invasions of the islands by Indonesian tribes, of superior strength and culture, drove the Negritos into the forest and mountain regions of the islands where they dwelt; they still remain there, in a state of barbarism, but in gradually decreasing numbers. ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, V7, 1588-1591 • Emma Helen Blair

Words linked to "Indonesian" : Bahasa Indonesia, Papuan, Javan, Balinese, Sundanese, Javanese, Asiatic, Malay, Indonesia, Asian, Indonesian monetary unit, Republic of Indonesia, Sumatran, Dutch East Indies