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Bontang.

Bontang (a city in East Kalimantan, Indonesia)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈbɔntaŋ/
  1. Bontang (a city in East Kalimantan, Indonesia)

Where this word comes from

From bon + tang, which means either "debt receipt" (long form utang (“debt”)) or "a group of comers" (long form pendatang (“comer”)).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.