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Surabaya.

Surabaya (the capital and largest city of East Java, Indonesia)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

name/suraˈbaja/Standard-Indonesian[su.raˈba.ja]Standard-Indonesian
  1. Surabaya (the capital and largest city of East Java, Indonesia)

Where this word comes from

From Javanese ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ (surabaya), a compound word of ꦱꦸꦫ (sura, “white shark”) + ꦧꦪ (baya, “crocodile”), from Old Javanese sura, asura (“god, deity”); bhaya (“danger, calamity”), from Sanskrit असुर (asura) + भय (bhaya).

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