Kalimantan

Ka·li·man·tan  (kl-mntn, käl-mäntän)

The part of Indonesia occupying most of the island of Borneo.

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Kalimantan [ˌkælɪˈmæntən]

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(Placename) the Indonesian name for Borneo: applied to the Indonesian part of the island only, excluding the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak and the sultanate of Brunei. Pop.: 11 396 100 (1999 est.)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Kalimantan - the part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo Indonesian Borneo 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
	2.	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 Borneo East India, East Indies, Malay Archipelago - a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia 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 - a region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo Sarawak - a region of Malaysia on northwestern Borneo Bornean - a native or inhabitant of Borneo