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  • proper noun Malay world

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Examples

  • Searchers have recovered a total of 21 bodies from a Merpati Nusantara Airlines plane that crashed Saturday into the sea off eastern Indonesia with 25 people aboard.

    What's News— 2011

  • Gembong Nusantara/Associated Press Paramedics carried a villager injured in Yogyakarta.

    Volcano Erupts in Indonesia 2010

  • Rescuers said they recovered 15 bodies from the plane, which was operated by the state-owned Merpati Nusantara Airlines.

    15 Bodies Recovered in Indonesian Plane Crash 2011

  • Rescuers said they recovered 15 bodies from the plane, which was operated by the state-owned Merpati Nusantara Airlines.

    15 Bodies Recovered in Indonesian Plane Crash 2011

  • Preliminary reports said the Chinese-built, propeller-powered Merpati Nusantara plane slammed into the water amid fog and rain, less than half a mile from its intended runway in Kaimana, an eastern province.

    Indonesian Plane Crash Hurts Country's Air-Safety Initiatives Andy Pasztor 2011

  • Separately, Indonesia's Nusantara Group has been given licenses to explore for coal and exploit the area where Churchill discovered resources, according to the Churchill letter and court documents.

    U.K. Miner Challenges Indonesia Eric Bellman 2011

  • Churchill says earlier licenses held by Nusantara had expired.

    U.K. Miner Challenges Indonesia Eric Bellman 2011

  • Insecurity of leases in the mining sector is in the headlines again following the case of Churchill Mining, whose license was suddenly revoked and transferred to a local company, Nusantara Group.

    Indonesia's Reform Reversal Hal Hill 2011

  • Attempts to reach Nusantara have been unsuccessful.

    U.K. Miner Challenges Indonesia Eric Bellman 2011

  • The Kompas daily newspaper said the plane was one of four MA60s owned by Merpati Nusantara Airlines.

    Plane with 27 people crashes in Indonesia 2011

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  • An Indonesian word for Indonesia, used mainly in the wistful and evocative sense rather than geographicl/political one. Somewhat akin to Caledonia for Scotland, for example.

    November 30, 2009

  • Well known places you've never heard of?

    November 30, 2009