Indonesian

Indonesian
noun Date: 1850 1. a native or inhabitant of the Malay Archipelago 2. 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 • Indonesian adjective

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Indonesian — n. & adj. n. 1 a a native or national of Indonesia in SE Asia. b a person of Indonesian descent. 2 a member of the chief pre Malay population of the E. Indies. 3 a language of the group spoken in the E. Indies, esp. the official language of the… …   Useful english dictionary

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