Indonesian

in-duh-NEE-zhuhn/ˌɪndəˈniːʒən/

3 meanings of Indonesian

1
adjective
Relating to Indonesia, its people, or its language.
The museum opened a new exhibit on Indonesian art and textiles.
Many Indonesian dishes are built around coconut milk and lemongrass.
2
nouncountable
Someone who lives in Indonesia or who comes from there.
The conference welcomed several Indonesians working in marine science.
Her grandfather was an Indonesian who later settled in the Netherlands.
3
noununcountable
The shared language spoken throughout Indonesia.
He gave the welcome speech in Indonesian before switching to English.
Indonesian is taught in classrooms across the entire archipelago.
Note
Without an article, the word names a language: she speaks Indonesian, a lesson in Indonesian. Add an article or a plural and it names a person instead: an Indonesian, two Indonesians. That is the word for its people. The language takes no plural, so "Indonesians" always means people. It never means kinds of speech.

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Formed from Indonesia combined with the suffix -an.