Indonesian
noun
In·do·ne·sian
ˌin-də-ˈnē-zhən 
-shən
1
a
: a native or inhabitant of the Republic of Indonesia
b
: the language based on Malay that is the national language of the Republic of Indonesia
2
: a native or inhabitant of the Malay Archipelago
Indonesian
adjective
Examples of Indonesian in a Sentence
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Natural History Museum says that currently, only about 1,000 Bornean elephants remain living primarily in the Malaysian State of Sabah, with a small population in the Indonesian State of Kalimantan.
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Shubhangi Dua, Interesting Engineering, 28 June 2024
Game, Saw, Conquered: Nationalism in Indonesian Video Games Whether in cutscenes or gameplay, multi-player video games can help rewrite history or encourage an investment in national sovereignty.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
According to data from the Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs, most of the Indonesians who died on the pilgrimage this year were over age 50.
—Heather Chen, CNN, 24 June 2024
False claim no Iran rockets struck Israel; number 'small' but greater than zero
Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi later specified the country would only send peacekeeping troops if authorized by a U.N. mandate, according to the Indonesian outlet Antara.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
The number of Chinese language websites is now only slightly higher than those in Indonesian and Vietnamese, and smaller than those in Polish and Persian.
—Li Yuan, New York Times, 4 June 2024
The group was established in 2022 by the Indonesian Nature Rehabilitation Initiation Foundation.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
With no windows, the gloomy, gray building looming four stories above the rice fields in a remote village in Indonesian Borneo resembles nothing more than a prison.
—Muktita Suhartono Nyimas Laula, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
The populations in peninsular Malaysia and Indonesian Borneo are also declining rapidly.
—Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
Shubhangi Dua, Interesting Engineering, 28 June 2024
Game, Saw, Conquered: Nationalism in Indonesian Video Games Whether in cutscenes or gameplay, multi-player video games can help rewrite history or encourage an investment in national sovereignty.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
According to data from the Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs, most of the Indonesians who died on the pilgrimage this year were over age 50.
—Heather Chen, CNN, 24 June 2024
False claim no Iran rockets struck Israel; number 'small' but greater than zero
Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi later specified the country would only send peacekeeping troops if authorized by a U.N. mandate, according to the Indonesian outlet Antara.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
The number of Chinese language websites is now only slightly higher than those in Indonesian and Vietnamese, and smaller than those in Polish and Persian.
—Li Yuan, New York Times, 4 June 2024
The group was established in 2022 by the Indonesian Nature Rehabilitation Initiation Foundation.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
With no windows, the gloomy, gray building looming four stories above the rice fields in a remote village in Indonesian Borneo resembles nothing more than a prison.
—Muktita Suhartono Nyimas Laula, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
The populations in peninsular Malaysia and Indonesian Borneo are also declining rapidly.
—Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
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Indonesian
noun
In·do·ne·sian
ˌin-də-ˈnē-zhən
-shən
1
: a person born or living in Indonesia
2
: the language based on Malay that is the national language of Indonesia
Indonesian
adjective
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