Indonesian Submitted Place Names
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
ASHGABAT (Settlement) English, Yoruba, Scots, Occitan, Malay, Swahili, Irish, Indonesian, Welsh, ShonaMeans "city of love", "city of devotion" from Persian عشقآباد
(ešq-âbâd), a combination of Persian عشق
('ešq) meaning "love" and آباد
(âbâd) "city". This is the name of the capital city of
Turkmenistan.
ESTONIA (Country) Aragonese, Asturian, Basque, Breton, English, Galician, Ilocano, Indonesian, Italian, Luo, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, SwahiliCognate of
Eesti.
JAKARTA (Settlement) Indonesian, EnglishDerived from the Old Javanese word
jayakarta meaning "victorious deed", "complete act", or "complete victory". It ultimately comes from Sanskrit, and had several different names such as
Sunda Kelapa,
Jayakarta,
Batavia, and
Djakarta...
[more] MEDAN (Settlement) Indonesian, EnglishMeaning uncertain. According to the diary of a Portuguese merchant, the name is derived from Tamil
மைதானம் (Maidhāṉam) meaning "ground" (or Hindi
मैदान (Maidan)), adopted from Malay...
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