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Old Javanese
Etymology
Compound of nūsa (“island”) + antara (“interval, interspace; other, another, different”).
Noun
nūsāntara
- the outer islands (from Java island perspective); these islands or achipelagic region later known as Indonesia in modern-day.
- Synonyms: dwīpāntara, nūsāntara, paranūsa
Descendants
Further reading
- "nūsāntara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.