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Dayak land

Dayak land proper noun: a region (an afdeling) in southern Central Kalimantan (during the colonial Dutch era); the origin place of Dayaks.

Proper noun

Dayak land

  1. (Indonesia, formal, historical) a region (an afdeling) in southern Central Kalimantan (during the colonial Dutch era); the origin place of Dayaks

Origin of Dayak land

Calque of Dutch Dajaklanden (“Dayak lands”), from Dajak (“Dayak”) + landen (“lands”).

Questions about Dayak land

What does Dayak land mean?
Dayak land means a region (an afdeling) in southern Central Kalimantan (during the colonial Dutch era); the origin place of Dayaks.
What part of speech is Dayak land?
Dayak land is a proper noun.

Words near Dayak land in the dictionary

  1. day-year principle
  2. day/night cricket
  3. daya
  4. Dayabhaga
  5. Dayak
  6. Dayak land
  7. Dayaks
  8. Dayal
  9. Dayals
  10. dayan
  11. dayanim

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