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Konfrontasi

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English

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Indonesian konfrontasi, from Dutch confrontatie.

Proper noun

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Konfrontasi

  1. (Southeast Asia, historical) the armed conflict fought between Indonesia and British-backed Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) from 1963 to 1969 in response to the British allies formation of Federation of Malaysia (conclusion of British Malaya, British Sarawak, British North Borneo, and British Singapore)

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From konfrontasi (confrontation).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Konfrontasi

  1. (historical) Konfrontasi; the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation