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Etymology

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦔꦮꦤ꧀ (bangawan, large river), from Old Javanese baṅawan ((great) river).

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bêngawan (first-person possessive bengawanku, second-person possessive bengawanmu, third-person possessive bengawannya)

  1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)
    Bengawan Soloname of longest river in Jawa island
  2. (literary) swamp

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Javanese

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Romanization

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bengawan

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦼꦔꦮꦤ꧀

Malay

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bengawan

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Borrowed from Javanese bengawan.

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bengawan (Jawi spelling بڠاون, plural bengawan-bengawan, informal 1st possessive bengawanku, 2nd possessive bengawanmu, 3rd possessive bengawannya)

  1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

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