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Jakarta

(Encyclopedia)Jakarta or Djakarta both: jəkärˈtə, jäkärˈtä [key], city and special district (1990 pop. 8,227,746), capital and largest city of Indonesia, NW Java, at the mouth of the canalized Ciliwung Rive...

East Timor

(Encyclopedia)East Timor –lĕshˈtā [key], Tetum Timor Lorosae, republic, officially Democratic Republic...

Yogyakarta

(Encyclopedia)Yogyakarta jōkˌ– [key], city (1990 pop. 412,059), S Java, Indonesia, at the foot of volcanic Mt. Merapi, capital of the special region of Yogyakarta (1990 pop. 2,912,611), a former sultanate. It i...

Malayo-Polynesian languages

(Encyclopedia)Malayo-Polynesian languages ôˌstrōnēˈzhən [key], family of languages estimated at from 300 to 500 tongues and understood by approximately 300 million people in Madagascar; the Malay Peninsula; I...

Riau Archipelago

(Encyclopedia)Riau Archipelago rēˈou, rēˈō [key], island group (1990 pop. 568,019), 2,280 sq mi (5,905 sq km), Indonesia, at the entrance to the Strait of Malacca, separated from Malaya by the Strait of Singap...

Linggajati

(Encyclopedia)Linggajati: see Cirebon, Indonesia. ...

Menado

(Encyclopedia)Menado: see Manado, Indonesia.

Maluku

(Encyclopedia)Maluku: see Moluccas, Indonesia. ...

Jogjakarta

(Encyclopedia)Jogjakarta: see Yogyakarta, Indonesia. ...

Hollandia

(Encyclopedia)Hollandia: see Jayapura, Indonesia. ...