Konfrontasi
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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Indonesian konfrontasi, from Dutch confrontatie.
Proper noun
Konfrontasi
- (Southeast Asia, historical) the armed conflict fought between Indonesia and British-backed Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) from 1963 to 1969 in response to the British allies formation of Federation of Malaysia (conclusion of British Malaya, British Sarawak, British North Borneo, and British Singapore)
Further reading
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Indonesian
Etymology
From konfrontasi (“confrontation”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /konfronˈtasi/
- Rhymes: -asi
- Syllabification: Kon‧fron‧ta‧si
Proper noun
Konfrontasi