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Keling (pronounced) or Kling is an exonym to denote a Tamilian or someone deemed to have originated from South India.Originally a neutral term, since the mid-20th century it has been considered derogatory and an ethnic slur, [1] and it is sometimes euphemistically referred to as the K-word. [2]
The term Nusantara derives from a combined two words of Austronesian and Sanskrit origin, the word nūsa (see also nusa) meaning "island" in Old Javanese, is ultimately derived from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian word *nusa with the same meaning, [12] and the word antara is a Javanese loanword borrowed from Sanskrit अन्तरा (antarā) meaning "between" or "in the middle", [13] thus ...
Gending Sriwijaya is the name of the traditional performance whether it is a song, music, as well as dance that originated from Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia.Both of the song and the dance was created to describes the splendor, cultural refinement, glory and the grandeur of Srivijaya empire that once succeed on unifying the western parts of Indonesian archipelago and Malay world generally.
The word Antarctica comes from Greek antarktikos (ἀνταρκτικός), from anti (ἀντί) and arktikos (ἀρκτικός) "Arctic". Literally "opposite to the Arctic (opposite to the North)".
Kutai is a historical region in what is now the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo.The region shares its name with the native ethnic group of the region (known as Urang Kutai 'the Kutai people'), with a total population around 300,000, who have their own language known as the Kutainese language which accompanies their own rich history.
The youth pledge text. The Youth Pledge (Indonesian: Sumpah Pemuda, lit. ' Youth Oath '), officially titled as Decision of the Congress of Indonesian Youth (van Ophuijsen spelling Indonesian: Poetoesan Congres Pemoeda-pemoeda Indonesia) is the pledge made by young Indonesians since 28 October 1928, which defined the identity of Indonesians.
Gorontalo (Gorontaloan: Hulontalo) is a province of Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi.Located on the Minahasa Peninsula, Gorontalo was formerly part of the province of North Sulawesi until its inauguration as a separate province on 5 December 2000.
Benua may refer to: 5419 Benua, an asteroid; Benua, a Peronosporaceae oomycete; Russian-language rendering of the French surnames Benois, Benoit, or Benoist: Alexander Benua or Alexandre Benois (1870–1960), Russian artist, art critic, historian, preservationist; Alexander Benua (general) (1862–1944) General of the Russian Imperial Army