KALIMANTAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kalimantan mean? 

• KALIMANTAN (noun)
  The noun KALIMANTAN has 2 senses:

1. the part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo

2. 3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago

  Familiarity information: KALIMANTAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KALIMANTAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Indonesian Borneo; Kalimantan

Instance hypernyms:

province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)

Holonyms ("Kalimantan" is a part of...):

Borneo; Kalimantan (3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago)

Dutch East Indies; Indonesia; Republic of Indonesia (a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Borneo; Kalimantan

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Kalimantan"):

Brunei; Negara Brunei Darussalam (a sultanate in northwestern Borneo; became independent of Great Britain in 1984)

Indonesian Borneo; Kalimantan (the part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo)

East Malaysia (the part of Malaysia that is on the island of Borneo)

North Borneo; Sabah (one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia; located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo)

Sarawak (the largest state in Malaysia; located on the northwest of the island of Borneo)

Meronyms (members of "Kalimantan"):

Bornean (a native or inhabitant of Borneo)

Holonyms ("Kalimantan" is a part of...):

East India; East Indies; Malay Archipelago (a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia)