Insulinde

Dutch

Etymology

Coined by Eduard Douwes Dekker in his novel Max Havelaar.

Proper noun

Insulinde n

  1. (historical, poetic) Dutch East Indies (a former Dutch colony in modern-day Indonesia, existing from 1800 to 1949)

French

Proper noun

Insulinde f

  1. the Indonesian Archipelago

Derived terms

  • insulindien
  • Insulindien

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch Insulinde. Refer also to the related historical term Insulindia, especially in relation to other past colonial rules.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪnsuˈlɪndə]
  • IPA(key): [ɪnsʊlˈɪndə] (alternative)
  • Hyphenation: In‧su‧lin‧dê

Proper noun

Insulindê

  1. (historical, literary) the Indonesian Archipelago
    Synonyms: Indonesia, Nusantara

See also

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.