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Sundanese

/sʌndəˈniːz/

Sundanese noun: a member of an ethnic group in the western part of the island of Java in Indonesia, numbering approximately 42 million.

Noun

Sundanese (plural Sundanese)

  1. A member of an ethnic group in the western part of the island of Java in Indonesia, numbering approximately 42 million.
    • According to these reports, which could not be verified, the Sundanese were preparing to declare their freedom from the new Indonesian Republic and to ask the Dutch for military protection.1947 April 30, “Civil War Reports Circulate in Java”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    • While he is now revered as a local and national hero of the Betawi, according to older legends he was in fact a Sundanese who came to Batavia from Cirebon.2014, Jacqueline Knörr, Creole Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia, page 177

Proper noun

Sundanese

  1. The language of the Sundanese people.
    Synonyms:
    Basa Sunda
  2. The abugida used to write the Sundanese language.

Adjective

Sundanese (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Sundanese people.

Sundanese meaning in Malay and Indonesian

Sundanese in Malay

language
bahasa Sunda, Sunda
pertaining to the Sudanese people
Sunda

Sundanese in Indonesian

pertaining to the Sudanese people
Sunda

Synonyms of Sundanese

  • Basa Sunda

Forms of Sundanese

pluralSundanese

Origin of Sundanese

From Sundanese ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ (sunda).

Phrases with Sundanese

Questions about Sundanese

What does Sundanese mean?
Sundanese means a member of an ethnic group in the western part of the island of Java in Indonesia, numbering approximately 42 million.
What is Sundanese in Malay?
Sundanese in Malay is bahasa Sunda, Sunda. See Sundanese meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is Sundanese?
Sundanese can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Sundanese?
Sundanese is pronounced /sʌndəˈniːz/.
What is the plural of Sundanese?
The plural of Sundanese is Sundanese.

Words near Sundanese in the dictionary

  1. Sundaland
  2. Sundalander
  3. Sundalanders
  4. sundance
  5. sundances
  6. Sundanese
  7. Sundanese script
  8. sundang
  9. sundangs
  10. Sundar
  11. Sundaram

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