# Indonesia

Pronunciation: say "in-duh-NEE-zhuh" US /ˌɪndəˈniʒə/, UK /ˌɪndəˈniːʒə/

## Proper noun

1. A country in maritime Southeast Asia made up of a large archipelago, officially called the Republic of Indonesia since 1950, with Jakarta as its capital.
   - Simple: A large country in Southeast Asia made up of thousands of islands, with its capital in Jakarta.
   - _Indonesia stretches across the equator from Sumatra in the west to Papua in the east._
   - _Trade between Indonesia and its regional neighbors has expanded sharply over the past two decades._

## Origin

Attested around 1850, this name was formed from the Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, "Indian") plus νῆσος (nêsos, "island"), in reference to the East Indies archipelago. At first it competed with the Latin-based term Insulinde, which had the same meaning.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/indonesia (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).