Indonesian

[ in-duh-nee-zhuhn, -shuhn, -zee-uhn, -doh- ]

noun

1. a member of the ethnic group consisting of the natives of Indonesia, the Filipinos, and the Malays of Malaysia.
2. a member of a population supposed to have been resident in the Malay Archipelago before the Malays, and believed to constitute one element of the present mixed population of Malaysia and perhaps Polynesia.
3. Official_name Bahasa Indonesia. an Indonesian language that is based on the form of Malay spoken in Java and has the status of official language in the Republic of Indonesia.
4. the westernmost branch of the Austronesian family of languages, including Malay, Indonesian, Tagalog, and Malagasy.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Malay Archipelago.
2. of or relating to Indonesia, the Indonesians, or their languages.

Indonesian

/ ˌɪndəʊˈniːzɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Indonesia, its people, or their language

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Indonesia
2. another name for Bahasa Indonesia

Other Words From

• an·ti-In·do·ne·sian adjective noun
• pro-In·do·ne·sian adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Indonesian¹

First recorded in 1840–50; Indonesi(a) + -an

Example Sentences

Indeed, Lion Air, with 45 percent of the domestic Indonesian airline market, has swallowed the Fernandes formula whole.

From The Daily Beast

There is a larger reason, beyond the airlines themselves, why Lion Air and 61 other Indonesian airlines are on this black list.

From The Daily Beast

Two Indonesian airlines, Garuda and Lion Air, have seen Fernandes eat their lunch and are only now responding.

From The Daily Beast

AirAsia Indonesia, which operated Flight 8501, is the Indonesian subsidiary of AirAsia, which is based in Malaysia.

From The Daily Beast

They castigated the captain, a 48-year-old Indonesian, and his rookie copilot, a 24-year-old Indian.

From The Daily Beast

Then the Malays came down from the north and added to the Indonesian mixture a strong Mongolian element.

From Project Gutenberg

In fact, one meets a great number that seem to come up to the Indonesian standard of Keane.

From Project Gutenberg

Montano also recognizes these two elements which, however, he more correctly calls Indonesian and Malay.

From Project Gutenberg

Big O'Ryan took the first set six games to three on a single service break against the Indonesian champion.

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O'Ryan played like a blind man and the Indonesian ran it out with the loss of exactly one point per game.

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