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Kalimantan.

Kalimantan (a region in Southeast Asia; the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo)

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Meaning & usage

name[ka.liˈman.tan]
  1. Kalimantan (a region in Southeast Asia; the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo)

  2. a former province of Indonesia, capital: Banjarmasin

Where this word comes from

Unknown * possibly from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “time”) + मन्थन (manthana, “churning”). * possibly from Javanese ("diamond river")

noun[ka.liˈman.tan]
  1. a member of a tribe or ethnic and linguistic group native to Kalimantan island

Where this word comes from

Unknown * possibly from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “time”) + मन्थन (manthana, “churning”). * possibly from Javanese ("diamond river")

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