Jakarta

[juh-kahr-tuh]

Ja·kar·ta

[juh-kahr-tuh]
noun
a seaport in and the capital of Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java. 4,576,009.
Formerly, Batavia.

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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In·do·ne·sia

[in-duh-nee-zhuh, -shuh, -zee-uh, -doh-]
noun
1.
East Indies (def. 1).
2.
Republic of. Formerly, Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, the S part of Borneo, the W part of New Guinea, the Moluccas, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Bali, and Madura: gained independence from the Netherlands in 1949. 209,774,138; 741,098 sq. mi. (1,919,443 sq. km). Capital: Jakarta.

Origin:
Indo- + Greek nês(os) island + -ia
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Jakarta (dʒəˈkɑːtə)
 
n
Former name (until 1949): Batavia, Former spelling: Djakarta the capital of Indonesia, in N West Java: founded in 1619 and ruled by the Dutch until 1945; the chief trading centre of the East in the 17th century; University of Indonesia (1947). Pop: 8 347 083 (2000)

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