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# indonesian

adjective (Indonesian); noun (an Indonesian, Indonesians; Indonesian, the language — uncountable)

«indonesian» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. From or about Indonesia, a large country in Southeast Asia made of thousands of islands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indonesian/#m1)
2. A person from Indonesia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indonesian/#m2)
3. Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), the national language of Indonesia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indonesian/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons it comes with islands, volcanoes, rainforests, orangutans and Komodo dragons. In languages it is the official language used by many millions. Phrases: Indonesian food, the Indonesian islands, speak Indonesian.

### Examples

- Indonesian food often has rice, peanut sauce and spices. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indonesian/#x1)
- My friend's mum is Indonesian and comes from Bali. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indonesian/#x2)
- The Indonesian islands include Java, Sumatra and Borneo's southern part. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indonesian/#x3)
- Komodo dragons live on a few Indonesian islands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indonesian/#x4)
- She is learning to say hello in Indonesian: selamat pagi means good morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indonesian/#x5)
- Many Indonesian volcanoes are still active. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indonesian/#x6)

### Note

Always written with a capital I in normal writing. The language is often called Bahasa Indonesia (bahasa means language). Indonesia has more islands than most people guess: more than 17,000.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «indonesian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indonesian/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«indonesian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/indonesian.html) on Mova free.