Mataram
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English
Etymology
From Indonesian Mataram, ultimately from Sanskrit मातरं (mātaraṃ), the singular accusative noun form of मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”).
Proper noun
Mataram
- The capital and largest city, a provincial in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
- A hamlet in Dalfsen, Overijssel, Netherlands
- (historical) historical areas of plains south of Mount Merapi around present-day Muntilan, Sleman, Yogyakarta, and Prambanan.
- (historical) historical kingdoms around the plain south of Mount Merapi
- (historical) a Javanese Hindu–Buddhist kingdom that flourished between the 8th and 11th centuries.
- (historical) Last major independent Javanese kingdom on the island of Java before it was colonised by the Dutch from the late 16th century until the beginning of the 18th century.
Translations
city in Indonesia
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Mattarm in 1841. Named after a nearby estate, named in turn after the Mataram Sultanate. The estate's owner, Joannes Matthias van Rhijn, had been the Dutch East India Company's resident at Mataram before returning to the United Provinces and purchasing the estate.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mataram n
- A hamlet in Dalfsen, Overijssel, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN