Definitions for Jakarta

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Jakarta Ja·kar·ta

Spelling: [juh-kahr-tuh]

IPA: /dʒəˈkɑr tə/

Jakarta is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in Jakarta (aaajkrt).

Definitions for Jakarta

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java.
2. East Indies (def 1).
3. Republic of. Formerly Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, the S part of Borneo, the W part of New Guinea, the Moluccas, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Bali, and Madura: gained independence from the Netherlands in 1949. 741,098 sq. mi. (1,919,443 sq. km). Capital: Jakarta.

Origin of Jakarta

Indo- + Greek nês(os) island + -ia

Examples for Jakarta

The students in Jakarta or Seoul who are eager to use their knowledge to benefit mankind.

The only thing that was there when I first moved to Jakarta was Sarinah [a shopping mall].

“He has identified himself as ‘a little Jakarta street kid,’” Geller responds.

President Obama is in Jakarta after three postponed visits to Indonesia, which might mean a lukewarm welcome from the locals.

Andrew's latest engagement is in Indonesia, wher he attended a dinner at the  Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta.

French authorities have been sent to Jakarta to aid Russian and Indonesian investigators looking into the crash.

He was “unreachable” and believed to be living in Jakarta, Indonesia, according to the Grosseto court clerk.

In Jakarta, the nation's buzzing capital, he became one of Jemaah Islamiyah's most ardent deputies.

The students in Jakarta and Seoul who are eager to use their knowledge to benefit humankind.

From 1967 to 1971, Obama lived in the Menteng-Dalam neighborhood of Jakarta with his mother and Indonesian stepfather.