Indonesia

See also: indonesia, indonésia, indonèsia, Indónesía, Indonésia, Indonèsia, and Indônèsia

English

Etymology

(late nineteenth century) Attested circa 1850, composed of Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indian”) + 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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈniːʒə/, /-zi.ə/
• (General American) enPR: ĭn'də-nēʹzhə, -dō-, IPA^(key): /ˌɪndəˈniʒə/, /-doʊ-/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːʒə, -iːziə

Proper noun

Indonesia

2. A country in maritime Southeast Asia; modern Republic of Indonesia (since 1950). Capital: Jakarta.

Meronyms

• (provinces) Aceh, Bali, Bangka-Belitung, Banten, Bengkulu, Gorontalo, Jakarta, Jambi, Central Java, East Java, West Java, Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, Lampung, Maluku, North Maluku, East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, Papua, West Papua, Riau, Central Sulawesi, North Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, North Sumatra, South Sumatra, West Sumatra, Yogyakarta

Derived terms

• Bahasa Indonesia
• Indonesian

Translations

country

• Albanian: Indonezi f, Indonezia (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ኢንዶኔዥያ (ʾindonežya)
• Arabic: إِنْدُونِيسِيَا‎ f (ʔindūnīsiyā)

  Hijazi Arabic: إندونيسيا‎ f (ʔindōnīsya, ʔindunīsya)

• Armenian: Ինդոնեզիա (hy) (Indonezia)
• Assamese: ইণ্ডোনেচিয়া (indünesia)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܢܕܘܿܢܹܣܝܼܵܐ‎ f (indonesiya)
• Asturian: Indonesia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: İndoneziya (az)
• Bashkir: Индонезия (İndoneziya)
• Belarusian: Індане́зія f (Indanjézija), Інданэ́зія f (Indanézija) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: ইন্দোনেশিয়া (bn) (indōneśiẏa)
• Breton: Indonezia
• Bulgarian: Индоне́зия (bg) f (Indonézija)
• Burmese: အင်ဒိုနီးရှား (angduini:hra:)
• Catalan: Indonèsia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 印尼 (yue) (jan³ nei⁴), 印度尼西亞／印度尼西亚 (yue) (jan³ dou⁶ nei⁴ sai¹ aa³)

  Mandarin: 印度尼西亞／印度尼西亚 (zh) (Yìndùníxīyà), 印尼 (zh) (Yìnní)

  Min Nan: 印尼 (Ìn-nî)

• Czech: Indonésie (cs) f
• Danish: Indonesien (da) n
• Dhivehi: އިންޑޮނޭޝިޔާ‎ (in̊ḍonēšiyā)
• Dutch: Indonesië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Indonezio (eo)
• Estonian: Indoneesia (et)
• Farefare: Indonesia, Indo-kʋlaɩtɩnrɔ
• Finnish: Indonesia (fi)
• French: Indonésie (fr) f
• Galician: Indonesia (gl) f
• Georgian: ინდონეზია (indonezia)
• German: Indonesien (de) n
• Greek: Ινδονησία (el) f (Indonisía)
• Haitian Creole: Endonezi
• Hausa: Indonesiya
• Hawaiian: ʻInidonesia
• Hebrew: אִינְדּוֹנֶזְיָה‎ f (indonézya)
• Hindi: इंडोनेशिया (hi) m (iṇḍoneśiyā)
• Hungarian: Indonézia (hu)
• Icelandic: Indónesía (is) f
• Ido: Indonezia (io)
• Indonesian: Indonesia (id)
• Interlingua: Indonesia
• Irish: An Indinéis f, Poblacht na hIndinéise f
• Italian: Indonesia (it) f
• Japanese: インドネシア (ja) (Indoneshia)
• Javanese: Indonesia
• Kalenjin: Indonesia
• Kamba: Indonesia
• Kannada: ಇಂಡೋನೇಷ್ಯಾ (iṇḍōnēṣyā)
• Kazakh: Үндінезия (Ündıneziä)
• Khmer: ឥណ្ឌូនេស៊ី (ʼənduuneisii)
• Kikuyu: Indonesia
• Korean: 인도네시아 (ko) (Indonesia)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Indonezya (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Индонезия (ky) (İndoneziya)
• Lao: ອິນໂດເນຊີ (ʼin dō nē sī), ອິນໂດນີເຊັຽ (ʼin dō nī sīa), ອິນໂດເນເຊຍ (lo) (ʼin dō nē sīa)
• Latin: Indonesia f
• Latvian: Indonēzija f
• Limburgish: Indonesië (li)
• Lithuanian: Indonezija (lt) f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Indonesien

• Luhya: Indonesia
• Luo: Indonesia
• Macedonian: Индонезија (mk) f (Indonezija)
• Malay: Indonesia (ms)
• Malayalam: ഇന്തോനേഷ്യ (intōnēṣya)
• Maltese: l-Indonesja f
• Maori: Initonīhia
• Meru: Indonesia
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Индонез (mn) (Indonez)

• Nauruan: Indonesia
• Navajo: Kéyah Dah Ndaaʼeełí Łání
• Nepali: इण्डोनेशिया (iṇḍoneśiyā)
• Norman: Îndonésie f (Jersey)
• Northern Sami: Indonesia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Indonesia (no) n

  Nynorsk: Indonesia (nn) n

• Occitan: Indonesia f
• Pashto: اندونيزيا‎ (ps) f (endonezya)
• Persian:

  Dari Persian: اندونیزیا‎ (indônîziyâ)

  Iranian Persian: اندونزی‎ (fa) (andonezi)

• Polish: Indonezja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Indonésia (pt) f
• Quechua: Indunisya
• Romanian: Indonezia (ro) f
• Russian: Индоне́зия (ru) f (Indonɛ́zija)
• Sanskrit: इन्दोनेशिया (indoneśiyā)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Индо̀не̄зија f

  Roman: Indònēzija (sh) f

• Sicilian: Indunesia f
• Sinhalese: ඉන්දුනීසියාව (indunīsiyāwa)
• Slovak: Indonézia f
• Slovene: Indonezija (sl) f
• Spanish: Indonesia (es) f
• Sundanese: Indonésia
• Swahili: Indonesia (sw)
• Swedish: Indonesien (sv) n
• Tagalog: Indonesya
• Tajik: Индонезия (tg) (Indoneziya)
• Tamil: இந்தோனேசியா (ta) (intōṉēciyā)
• Tatar: Индонезия (İndoneziya)
• Telugu: ఇండోనేషియా (iṇḍōnēṣiyā)
• Tetum: indonézia
• Thai: อินโดนีเซีย (th) (in-doo-nii-siia), อิเหนา (ì-nǎo)
• Tibetan: ཨིན་རྡུ་ནི་ཤིས་ཡ (in rdu ni shis ya)
• Turkish: Endonezya (tr)
• Turkmen: Indoneziýa (tk)
• Ukrainian: Індоне́зія (uk) f (Indonézija)
• Urdu: اِنْڈونِیشِیَا‎ m (iṇḍoneśiyā)
• Uyghur: ھىندونېزىيە‎ (hindonëziye)
• Uzbek: Indoneziya (uz)
• Vietnamese: In-đô-nê-xi-a, Nam Dương (vi) (dated)
• Võro: Indoneesiä
• Welsh: Indonesia (cy)
• Yiddish: אינדאָנעזיע‎ (indonezye)
• Yoruba: Indonesia
• Zhuang: Yindunizsihya, Yinniz

See also

• Appendix:Countries and territories of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Anagrams

• Edisonian

Asturian

Proper noun

Indonesia f

1. Indonesia (country)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Indonesia

1. Indonesia (a country in Asia)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Indonesia

1. Indonesia (a country in Asia)

Cia-Cia

Etymology

From Indonesian Indonesia.

Proper noun

Indonesia (Hangul spelling 인도네시아)

1. Indonesia

Finnish

Etymology

From English Indonesia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈindone(ː)s(ː)iɑ/, [ˈindo̞ˌne̞(ː)s̠(ː)iɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -esiɑ
• Syllabification^(key): in‧do‧ne‧si‧a

Proper noun

Indonesia

1. Indonesia

Declension

Inflection of Indonesia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Indonesia	Indonesiat
genitive		Indonesian	Indonesioiden Indonesioitten
partitive		Indonesiaa	Indonesioita
illative		Indonesiaan	Indonesioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Indonesia	Indonesiat
accusative	nom.	Indonesia	Indonesiat
	gen.	Indonesian
genitive		Indonesian	Indonesioiden Indonesioitten Indonesiainrare
partitive		Indonesiaa	Indonesioita
inessive		Indonesiassa	Indonesioissa
elative		Indonesiasta	Indonesioista
illative		Indonesiaan	Indonesioihin
adessive		Indonesialla	Indonesioilla
ablative		Indonesialta	Indonesioilta
allative		Indonesialle	Indonesioille
essive		Indonesiana	Indonesioina
translative		Indonesiaksi	Indonesioiksi
instructive		—	Indonesioin
abessive		Indonesiatta	Indonesioitta
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Indonesia (type kulkija)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Indonesiani Indonesiani accusative nom. Indonesiani Indonesiani gen. Indonesiani genitive Indonesiani Indonesioideni Indonesioitteni Indonesiainirare partitive Indonesiaani Indonesioitani inessive Indonesiassani Indonesioissani elative Indonesiastani Indonesioistani illative Indonesiaani Indonesioihini adessive Indonesiallani Indonesioillani ablative Indonesialtani Indonesioiltani allative Indonesialleni Indonesioilleni essive Indonesianani Indonesioinani translative Indonesiakseni Indonesioikseni instructive — — abessive Indonesiattani Indonesioittani comitative — Indonesioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Indonesiasi Indonesiasi accusative nom. Indonesiasi Indonesiasi gen. Indonesiasi genitive Indonesiasi Indonesioidesi Indonesioittesi Indonesiaisirare partitive Indonesiaasi Indonesioitasi inessive Indonesiassasi Indonesioissasi elative Indonesiastasi Indonesioistasi illative Indonesiaasi Indonesioihisi adessive Indonesiallasi Indonesioillasi ablative Indonesialtasi Indonesioiltasi allative Indonesiallesi Indonesioillesi essive Indonesianasi Indonesioinasi translative Indonesiaksesi Indonesioiksesi instructive — — abessive Indonesiattasi Indonesioittasi comitative — Indonesioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Indonesiamme Indonesiamme accusative nom. Indonesiamme Indonesiamme gen. Indonesiamme genitive Indonesiamme Indonesioidemme Indonesioittemme Indonesiaimmerare partitive Indonesiaamme Indonesioitamme inessive Indonesiassamme Indonesioissamme elative Indonesiastamme Indonesioistamme illative Indonesiaamme Indonesioihimme adessive Indonesiallamme Indonesioillamme ablative Indonesialtamme Indonesioiltamme allative Indonesiallemme Indonesioillemme essive Indonesianamme Indonesioinamme translative Indonesiaksemme Indonesioiksemme instructive — — abessive Indonesiattamme Indonesioittamme comitative — Indonesioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Indonesianne Indonesianne accusative nom. Indonesianne Indonesianne gen. Indonesianne genitive Indonesianne Indonesioidenne Indonesioittenne Indonesiainnerare partitive Indonesiaanne Indonesioitanne inessive Indonesiassanne Indonesioissanne elative Indonesiastanne Indonesioistanne illative Indonesiaanne Indonesioihinne adessive Indonesiallanne Indonesioillanne ablative Indonesialtanne Indonesioiltanne allative Indonesiallenne Indonesioillenne essive Indonesiananne Indonesioinanne translative Indonesiaksenne Indonesioiksenne instructive — — abessive Indonesiattanne Indonesioittanne comitative — Indonesioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Indonesiansa Indonesiansa accusative nom. Indonesiansa Indonesiansa gen. Indonesiansa genitive Indonesiansa Indonesioidensa Indonesioittensa Indonesiainsarare partitive Indonesiaansa Indonesioitaan Indonesioitansa inessive Indonesiassaan Indonesiassansa Indonesioissaan Indonesioissansa elative Indonesiastaan Indonesiastansa Indonesioistaan Indonesioistansa illative Indonesiaansa Indonesioihinsa adessive Indonesiallaan Indonesiallansa Indonesioillaan Indonesioillansa ablative Indonesialtaan Indonesialtansa Indonesioiltaan Indonesioiltansa allative Indonesialleen Indonesiallensa Indonesioilleen Indonesioillensa essive Indonesianaan Indonesianansa Indonesioinaan Indonesioinansa translative Indonesiakseen Indonesiaksensa Indonesioikseen Indonesioiksensa instructive — — abessive Indonesiattaan Indonesiattansa Indonesioittaan Indonesioittansa comitative — Indonesioineen Indonesioinensa

Indonesian

Etymology

From English Indonesia, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus, India”) + νησιά (nēsiá, “islands”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.ˈdo.nɛ.sɪ.(j)a/, /-sja/, /-ne-/
• IPA^(key): (colloquial) /-ʃa/, /ɛn-/, /en-/
• Hyphenation: In‧do‧ne‧sia

Unlike other words, the pronunciation of this proper noun are unusually highly variable, leaving a total of 30 pronunciations (2 medial lax–tense × 3 initial high–low × 5 final syllable variations). Forms with /-ʃa/ instead of /-sja/ or /-sɪja/ has expanded into the name of the neighbouring country Malaysia (this is sporadic!).

Proper noun

Indonesia

1. Indonesia

Adjective

Indonesia

1. Indonesian

Meronyms

• (provinces of Indonesia) provinsi di Indonesia; Aceh, Bali, Banten, Bengkulu, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Gorontalo, Jakarta, Jambi, Jawa Barat, Jawa Tengah, Jawa Timur, Kalimantan Barat, Kalimantan Selatan, Kalimantan Timur, Kalimantan Tengah, Kalimantan Utara, Kepulauan Bangka Belitung, Kepulauan Riau, Lampung, Maluku, Maluku Utara, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Papua, Papua Barat, Papua Pegunungan, Papua Tengah, Papua Selatan, Riau, Sulawesi Barat, Sulawesi Selatan, Sulawesi Tengah, Sulawesi Tenggara, Sulawesi Utara, Sumatra Barat, Sumatra Selatan, Sumatra Utara ^{(Category: id:Provinces of Indonesia)}

Derived terms

• keindonesiaan
• mengindonesiakan
• pengindonesiaan

 

See also

• (countries of Asia) negara-negara di Asia; Afganistan, Arab Saudi, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Filipina, India, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Jepang, Kamboja, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea Selatan, Korea Utara, Kuwait, Laos, Libanon, Maladewa, Malaysia, Mesir, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestina, Qatar, Rusia, Singapura, Siprus, Sri Lanka, Suriah, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tiongkok, Turki, Turkmenistan, Uni Emirat Arab, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yaman, Yordania

Further reading

• “Indonesia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.doˈnɛ.zja/
• Rhymes: -ɛzja
• Hyphenation: In‧do‧nè‧sia

Proper noun

Indonesia f

1. Indonesia

Derived terms

• indonesiano

Anagrams

• disneiano, insediano

Latin

Etymology

From Indus +‎ nēsus +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.doˈneː.si.a/, [ɪn̪d̪ɔˈneːs̠iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.doˈne.si.a/, [in̪d̪oˈnɛːs̬iä]

Proper noun

Indonēsia f sg (genitive Indonēsiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Indonesia (a country in Southeast Asia)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Indonēsia
Genitive	Indonēsiae
Dative	Indonēsiae
Accusative	Indonēsiam
Ablative	Indonēsiā
Vocative	Indonēsia
Locative	Indonēsiae

Malay

Etymology

From English Indonesia.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /indonesiə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /indonesia/
• Rhymes: -ia, -ja, -a

Proper noun

Indonesia (Jawi spelling ايندونيسيا‎)

1. Indonesia (an archipelago and country in Southeast Asia)

Adjective

Indonesia

1. Indonesian

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Indonesia

1. Indonesia

Related terms

• indonesier
• indonesisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Indonesia

1. Indonesia

Related terms

• indonesiar
• indonesisk

Papiamentu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Indonesia

1. Indonesia

Spanish

Etymology

Composed of Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /indoˈnesja/ [ĩn̪.d̪oˈne.sja]

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• Rhymes: -esja
• Syllabification: In‧do‧ne‧sia

Proper noun

Indonesia f

1. Indonesia

Related terms

• indonesio