Bahasa Indonesia

noun

The official name of the official language of Indonesia, otherwise known as Indonesian.

Similar
IndonesianBahasa
OriginIndonesian bahasa Indonesia ← Malay bahasa →
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Meanings

nounBahasa Indonesia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe official name of the official language of Indonesia, otherwise known as Indonesian.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia

Similar
IndonesianBahasa
Broader
Malay
Also see
bahasaindonesianmalay

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Malaybahasa
  2. Indonesianbahasa Indonesia
  3. EnglishBahasa Indonesia

Borrowed from Indonesian bahasa Indonesia, from bahasa + Indonesia, with Indonesian bahasa from Malay bahasa.

More words from Indonesian, Malay

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Cite this entry
APA

Bahasa Indonesia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bahasa%20Indonesia

MLA

“Bahasa Indonesia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bahasa%20Indonesia. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bahasa Indonesia,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bahasa%20Indonesia.

Source: Bahasa Indonesia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.