Macassar, Makassar or Makasar may refer to:
Places, people, language
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Makassar
Makassar (, mak, ᨆᨀᨔᨑ, Mangkasara’, ) is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, Surabaya, Med ...
, a city in Indonesia
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Makassar Strait
Makassar Strait is a strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia. To the north it joins the Celebes Sea, while to the south it meets the Java Sea. To the northeast, it forms the Sangkulirang Bay south of the Mangkalihat Pe ...
, a strait in Indonesia
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Makassar people
The Makassar or Makassarese people are an ethnic group that inhabits the southern part of the South Peninsula, Sulawesi (formerly Celebes) in Indonesia. They live around Makassar, the capital city of the province of South Sulawesi, as well as t ...
, ethnic group inhabiting the southern part of the South Peninsula, in Sulawesi
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Makassarese language, also known as Makassar - one of a group of languages known as
Makassaric languages
The Makassaric languages are a group of languages spoken in the southern part of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, and make up one of the branches of the South Sulawesi subgroup in the Austronesian language family. The most prominent member o ...
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Makasar script, historical letters used to write Makassarese language
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Makasar (Unicode block)
Makasar is a Unicode block containing characters for Makasar script (also known as "Old Makassarese" or "Makassarese bird script" in English-language scholarly works).
The script was used historically in South Sulawesi, Indonesia for writing the Ma ...
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Makassar uprising
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Makassan contact with Australia
Makassar people from the region of Sulawesi in Indonesia began visiting the coast of northern Australia sometime around the middle of the 18th century, first in the Kimberley region, and some decades later in Arnhem Land. They were men who co ...
Place names derived from original
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Pante Macassar, a city in East Timor
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Makasar, Jakarta, a district of East Jakarta, Indonesia
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Macassar, Western Cape, a town in South Africa
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Macassar Village, Western Cape
The squatter's movement Abahlali baseMjondolo occupied a piece of vacant state owned land in Macassar Village, near Somerset West outside of Cape Town on 18 May 2009. The occupation was later destroyed by the city's anti-land invasion unit.
Ba ...
, an informal settlement in South Africa
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Macassar, Mozambique
Macassar is a town in Ancuabe District in Cabo Delgado Province in northeastern Mozambique.
It is located northeast of the district capital of Ancuabe
Ancuabe is a town in eastern Mozambique in Ancuabe District, Cabo Delgado Province. It is t ...
, a village in north-eastern Mozambique
Other
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Macassar oil, a hair oil
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Antimacassar, a cloth to protect chairs against soiling by the oil
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Diospyros celebica
''Diospyros celebica'' (commonly known as black ebony or Makassar ebony) is a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae that is endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. The common name Makassar ebony is for the main seaport on th ...
'' or Makassar ebony, a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae, endemic to the island of Sulawesi
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Makassar-class landing platform dock, a class of amphibious warfare ships
*"Makassar", a song by
Al Bano and Romina Power
Al Bano and Romina Power are an Italian-American pop music duo formed in 1975 by then-married couple Italian tenor Albano Carrisi and American singer Romina Power, the daughter of Hollywood actor Tyrone Power. They have recorded over 22 albums, w ...
Media
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Kompas TV Makassar, previously named Makassar TV, regional television in Makassar, Indonesia
* Auntie Macassar, clown character from ''
The Big Comfy Couch'' TV show seasons 1–5
See also
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Makassan contact with Australia
Makassar people from the region of Sulawesi in Indonesia began visiting the coast of northern Australia sometime around the middle of the 18th century, first in the Kimberley region, and some decades later in Arnhem Land. They were men who co ...
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