Meanings
- A country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of Indonesia (since 1950). Capital: Jakarta.
Nearly 80% of people in Indonesia are connected to the internet and people aged 16 to 64 spend an average of more than three hours a day on social media, according to the We Are Social 2023 Digital Report, which provides global social media insights.
2024 February 11, Rachel Wilson and Rosa de Acosta, “How Indonesia’s future is in the hands of young voters, in 5 charts”, in CNN
Origin
(late nineteenth century) Attested circa 1850, composed of Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indian”) + Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos, “island”); initially, in competition with Insulinde, of the same meaning, lexically constructed on a Latin basis, or in reference to the East Indies archipelago.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Indonesië
- Indonesiëcountry
Arabic إِنْدُونِيسِيَا
- إِنْدُونِيسِيَا (ʔindūnīsiyā)country
Basque Indonesia
- Indonesiacountry
Bengali ইন্দোনেশিয়া
- ইন্দোনেশিয়া (indōneśiẏa)country
Bulgarian Индоне́зия
- Индоне́зия (Indonézija)country
Catalan Indonèsia
- Indonèsiacountry
Chinese Cantonese 印尼, 印度尼西亞 /印度尼西亚
- 印尼 (jan³ nei⁴)country
- 印度尼西亞 /印度尼西亚 (jan³ dou⁶ nei⁴ sai¹ aa³)country
Chinese Mandarin 印度尼西亞 /印度尼西亚, 印尼
- 印度尼西亞 /印度尼西亚 (Yìndùníxīyà)country
- 印尼 (Yìnní)country
Czech Indonésie
- Indonésiecountry
Danish Indonesien
- Indonesiencountry
Dutch Indonesië
- Indonesiëcountry
Esperanto Indonezio
- Indoneziocountry
Estonian Indoneesia
- Indoneesiacountry
Finnish Indonesia
- Indonesiacountry
French Indonésie
- Indonésiecountry
German Indonesien
- Indonesiencountry
Greek Ινδονησία
- Ινδονησία (Indonisía)country
Hawaiian ʻInidonesia
- ʻInidonesiacountry
Hebrew אִינְדּוֹנֶזְיָה
- אִינְדּוֹנֶזְיָה (indonézya)country
Hindi इंडोनेशिया
- इंडोनेशिया (iṇḍoneśiyā)country
Hungarian Indonézia
- Indonéziacountry
Icelandic Indónesía
- Indónesíacountry
Indonesian Indonesia
- Indonesiacountry
Irish An Indinéis, Poblacht na hIndinéise
- An Indinéiscountry
- Poblacht na hIndinéisecountry
Italian Indonesia
- Indonesiacountry
Japanese インドネシア
- インドネシア (Indoneshia)country
Korean 인도네시아, 인니
- 인도네시아country
- 인니 (inni)country
Latin Indonesia
- Indonesiacountry
Latvian Indonēzija
- Indonēzijacountry
Lithuanian Indonezija
- Indonezijacountry
Malay Indonesia
- Indonesiacountry
Māori Initonīhia
- Initonīhiacountry
Norwegian Bokmål Indonesia
- Indonesiacountry
Polish Indonezja
- Indonezjacountry
Portuguese Indonésia
- Indonésiacountry
Romanian Indonezia
- Indoneziacountry
Russian Индоне́зия
- Индоне́зия (Indonɛ́zija)country
Slovak Indonézia
- Indonéziacountry
Spanish Indonesia
- Indonesiacountry
Swahili Indonesia
- Indonesiacountry
Swedish Indonesien
- Indonesiencountry
Tagalog Indonesya
- Indonesyacountry
Tamil இந்தோனேசியா
- இந்தோனேசியா (intōṉēciyā)country
Thai อินโดนีเซีย, อิเหนา
- อินโดนีเซีย (in-doo-nii-siia)country
- อิเหนา (ì-nǎo)country
Turkish Endonezya
- Endonezyacountry
Ukrainian Індоне́зія
- Індоне́зія (Indonézija)country
Urdu اِنْڈونیشِیَا
- اِنْڈونیشِیَا (inḍoneśiyā)country
Vietnamese In-đô-nê-xi-a, Nam Dương
- In-đô-nê-xi-acountry
- Nam Dươngcountry
Welsh Indonesia
- Indonesiacountry
Yiddish אינדאָנעזיע
- אינדאָנעזיע (indonezye)country
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Indonesia
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
Indonesia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indonesia
“Indonesia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indonesia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Indonesia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indonesia.
Source: Indonesia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.