Nusantara. It means "the land between".
In ancient times, the old name of Indonesia was Jambudvipa.
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Indonesia's official name is republic of IndonesiaOr as the Indonesians say: Republik Indonesia
Before its independence and became republic state, Indonesia was called Nusantara by ancient merchants , which means group of islands. Indonesia formed by islands as like Sumatra island was known as Jambudvipa and Java Island was known as Javadwipa, but in the ancient era, region of nowadays Indonesia was ruled by empire (ie: Majapahit empire). Nusantara was known by nowadays Indonesia inhabitants.
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The name Indonesia was invented by a German Anthropologist from two words "Indo" and "Nesis".
Java is the name of island in Indonesia. In the ancient time, in the era of Hindus, Java was well knew by merchants and called it Javadwipa ( sanskrit languages) which meant 'island of paddy rice'. And then the name were used but in shorter version later and nowadays : Jawa in Bahasa Indonesia or Java in English
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Indonesia was colonised by the Dutch who called it either the Netherlands East Indies or the Malay Archipelago. By 1900 the name Indonesia became commonly used outside of the Netherlands.
The name of the longest river in Indonesia is the Kapuas River. The Kapuas River begins in the Indonesia area of Borneo and flows 1143 km.
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