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Acehnese

[ ah-chuh-neez, -nees, ach-uh- ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to a traditionally Muslim Indigenous people of northernmost Sumatra or their language.


noun

, plural A·ceh·nese
  1. a member of a traditionally Muslim Indigenous people of northernmost Sumatra.
  2. the Austronesian language spoken by the Acehnese.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Acehnese1

First recorded in 1690–1700 as Achinese; from Achin, variant of Aceh, from Indonesian, Malay Aceh, the former name of a sultanate + -ese

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