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Names Of Indonesia
Indonesia is the common and official name to refer to the Republic of Indonesia or Indonesian archipelago; however, other names, such as Nusantara (archipelago), Nusantara and East Indies are also known. Some names are considered obsolete and confined to certain periods of history, while some might be more geographically specific or general. History On identifying geographical names of their lands, the Native Indonesian, Indonesian natives seldom transcend their traditional boundaries, which is relatively small confined in their tribal environs. There are around Ethnic groups in Indonesia, 300 distinct native ethnic groups in Indonesia, and Languages of Indonesia, 742 different languages, which add to the complexity and nonconformity on the naming of the region. The concept of identifying the whole archipelagic region that today forms Indonesia with a single name was unknown then. Geographical names usually applied to individual islands, such as Java, one of the earliest identif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1855 Colton Map Of The East Indies (Singapore, Thailand, Borneo, Malaysia) - Geographicus - EastIndies-colton-1855
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