Nusantara (term): Difference between revisions

Nowadays, in [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], Nusantara is synonymous with either the [[Indonesian Archipelago]] or the national territory of Indonesia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://id.oxforddictionaries.com/translate/indonesian-english/nusantara|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225034901/https://id.oxforddictionaries.com/translate/indonesian-english/nusantara|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 December 2017|title=nusantara {{!}} Indonesian to English Translation - Oxford Dictionaries|website=Oxford Indonesian Living Dictionary|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-12-24}}</ref> In this sense, the term Nusantara excludes Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, East Timor, and the Philippines. In 1967, it transformed into the concept of ''[[Wawasan Nusantara]]'', or "archipelagic outlook," which regards the archipelagic realm of Indonesia (the islands and seas within/surrounding the country) as a single unity of several aspects, mainly socio-cultural, linguistic, political, economic, security-driven and defensive unity.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZczWDgAAQBAJ&q=Nusantara+means+indonesian+archipelago&pg=PA205|title=Sovereignty and the Sea: How Indonesia Became an Archipelagic State|last1=Butcher|first1=John G.|last2=Elson|first2=R. E.|date=2017-03-24|publisher=NUS Press|isbn=9789814722216|language=en}}</ref>

 

 

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