Indonesiaphile

Noun

Indonesiaphile (plural Indonesiaphiles)

1. Someone who loves Indonesia (i.e. its culture, cuisine, religion, history or people).
   • Unlike Mr [Peter] Hastings, many of us old Indonesia-philes now feel that a strong Australian stand on Timor is more beneficial for long-term, respectful Australia-Indonesia relations than weakly fawning over any action Indonesia might fancy indulging in.1977 September 15, F. Claridge, “Letters to the editor: Indonesia and relations with Australia”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 43,602, Syndey: John Fairfax and Sons Ltd, page 6
   • I was the only Indonesian student in the sociology department. Neither faculty members nor students were interested in Indonesia as an area of study, completely different from the situation at Cornell, where I had been welcomed by the sizable group of Indonesiaphiles.1994, Mely G. Tan, “Indonesian Odyssey: Jakarta, Cornell, Berkeley, Jakarta” (chapter 7), in Kathryn P. Meadow Orlans, Ruth A. Wallace, editors, Gender and the Academic Experience: Berkeley Women...