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Dja⋅kar⋅ta

  [juh-kahr-tuh]
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–noun
Jakarta.

Ja⋅kar⋅ta

  [juh-kahr-tuh]
–noun
a seaport in and the capital of Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java. 4,576,009.
Also, Djakarta, Jacarta.
Formerly, Batavia.
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Dja·kar·ta   (jə-kär'tə)   
See Jakarta.
Ja·kar·ta or Dja·kar·ta   (jə-kär'tə)   
The capital and largest city of Indonesia, on the northeast coast of Java. Founded c. 1619 by the Dutch, it became an important center of the Dutch East India Company and was renamed Jakarta after Indonesia became independent in 1949. Population: 8,840,000.
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Djakarta [(juh-kahr-tuh)]

Capital of Indonesia and largest city in the country, located on the island of Java.

Note: Founded by the Dutch in the seventeenth century, Djakarta resembles towns in The Netherlands.
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