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Samarang

Samarang

8.9
A port city in northern Java, Indonesia, where ships load and unload goods
  • proper noun
: Samarang
  • Many ships dock at Samarang before continuing to other Indonesian ports.

Examples

  • Trade in Samarang thrived during the Dutch colonial period.

  • He spent two weeks exploring the markets of Samarang on his travels through Java.

  • I visited Samarang last summer.

  • Have you ever been to Samarang?

  • He spent two weeks exploring the markets of Samarang on his travels through Java.

  • Many ships dock at Samarang before continuing to other Indonesian ports.

  • Trade in Samarang thrived during the Dutch colonial period.

Synonyms

Semarang
vsSamarang
1 6.5

A major port city in northern Java, Indonesia, and capital of Central Java province

is an important port and commercial administrative center without naming provincial capital status

Surface Forms

Samarang main

Etymology

Samarang is a form of the local name Semarang, which likely comes from Javanese parts asem and arang, meaning 'tamarind' and 'forest'. One popular story says the town was named for tamarind trees by the river, a helpful image to remember it as an old port and trading place.