nusantara

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Proper noun

1. {{place|en|region|r/Southeast Asia}}: generally used to refer to Maritime Southeast Asia, which includes Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and the Philippines.
2. {{lb|en|[[Brunei]], [[Malaysia]], [[Singapore]]}} {{place|en|archipelago|r/Southeast Asia}}: {{w|lang=en|Malay Archipelago}} or the {{w|lang=en|Malay world}}.
3. {{lb|en|Indonesia}} {{w|lang=en|Indonesian Archipelago}}, the islands comprising the country of [[Indonesia]] or to the geographical groups which include its islands.
4. {{lb|en|Indonesia}} {{place|en|country|r/Southeast Asia}}: {{n-g|[[endonym|Endonym]] for}} the [[Republic of Indonesia]], including everything [[contain]]ed within it (i.e., covering the [[region]]s, [[people]], [[culture]]s, [[language]]s, etc.).
5. {{place|en|planned capital city|c/Indonesia|in|p/East Kalimantan|on|isl/Borneo}}.
6. {{lb|en|historical|archaic}} {{place|en|region|r/Southeast Asia}}. The conquered territories of the {{w|Majapahit}} empire, corresponding to present-day [[Indonesia]] (main) and several [[Southeast Asian]] countries.

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