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Indonesia

/ˌɪndəˈniːʒə//ˌɪndəˈniʒə/

Indonesia proper noun: a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of Indonesia (since 1950). Capital: Jakarta.

indonesia: a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of Indonesia (since...
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Proper noun

Indonesia

  1. A country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of Indonesia (since 1950). Capital: Jakarta.
    • Nearly 80% of people in Indonesia are connected to the internet and people aged 16 to 64 spend an average of more than three hours a day on social media, according to the We Are Social 2023 Digital Report, which provides global social media insights.2024 February 11, Rachel Wilson and Rosa de Acosta, “How Indonesia’s future is in the hands of young voters, in 5 charts”, in CNN

Indonesia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

Indonesia in Hindi

country
इंडोनेशिया iṇḍoneśiyā

Indonesia in Tamil

country
இந்தோனேசியா intōṉēciyā

Indonesia in Urdu

country
اِنْڈونیشِیَا inḍoneśiyā

Indonesia in Bengali

country
ইন্দোনেশিয়া indōneśiẏa
More languagesFewer languages
Indonesia in Telugu
ఇండోనేషియా iṇḍōnēṣiyā
Indonesia in Malayalam
ഇന്തോനേഷ്യ intōnēṣya
Indonesia in Kannada
ಇಂಡೋನೇಷ್ಯಾ iṇḍōnēṣyā
Indonesia in Gujarati
ઇન્ડોનેશિયા inḍoneśiyā, ઈંડોનેશિયા ī̃ḍoneśiyā
Indonesia in Sanskrit
इन्दोनेशिया indoneśiyā
Indonesia in Sinhala
ඉන්දුනීසියාව indunīsiyāwa
Indonesia in Assamese
ইণ্ডোনেচিয়া indünesia
Indonesia in Nepali
इण्डोनेशिया iṇḍoneśiyā
Indonesia in Pashto
اندونيزيا endonezya
Indonesia in Tagalog
Indonesya
Indonesia in Arabic
إِنْدُونِيسِيَا ʔindūnīsiyā
Indonesia in Malay
Indonesia
Indonesia in Indonesian
Indonesia
Indonesia in Thai
อินโดนีเซีย in-doo-nii-siia, อิเหนา ì-nǎo
Indonesia in Vietnamese
In-đô-nê-xi-a, Nam Dương
Indonesia in Myanmar
အင်ဒိုနီးရှား angduini:hra:
Dhivehi
އިންޑޮނޭޝިޔާ in̊ḍonēšiyā

Origin of Indonesia

(late nineteenth century) Attested circa 1850, composed of Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indian”) + Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos, “island”); initially, in competition with Insulinde, of the same meaning, lexically constructed on a Latin basis, or in reference to the East Indies archipelago.

Words formed from Indonesia

Phrases with Indonesia

Words that rhyme with Indonesia

Questions about Indonesia

What does Indonesia mean?
Indonesia means a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of Indonesia (since 1950). Capital: Jakarta.
What is Indonesia in Hindi?
Indonesia in Hindi is इंडोनेशिया (iṇḍoneśiyā). See Indonesia meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Indonesia?
Indonesia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Indonesia?
Indonesia is pronounced /ˌɪndəˈniːʒə/ (UK).

Words near Indonesia in the dictionary

  1. indomitably
  2. indomite
  3. Indon
  4. Indon.
  5. Indondesh
  6. Indonesia
  7. Indonesian
  8. Indonesian angelshark
  9. Indonesian angelsharks
  10. Indonesian cassia
  11. Indonesian cinnamon

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Indonesia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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