ALL meanings of jakarta
Ja·kar·ta
J j - noun jakarta East Indies (def 1). 1
- noun jakarta 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. 1
- noun jakarta the capital of Indonesia, in N West Java: founded in 1619 and ruled by the Dutch until 1945; the chief trading centre of the East in the 17th century; University of Indonesia (1947). Pop: 8 347 083 (2000) 0
- noun jakarta capital of Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java: pop. c. 10,620,000 0