Surabaya

English

Proper noun

Surabaya

  1. The capital and largest city of East Java, Indonesia.

Translations

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Javanese ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ (surabaya), a compound word of ꦱꦸꦫ (sura, “white shark”) +‎ ꦧꦪ (baya, “crocodile”), from Old Javanese sura, asura (“god, deity”) +‎ bhaya (“danger, calamity”), from Sanskrit असुर (asura) +‎ भय (bhaya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suraˈbaja/
  • Hyphenation: Su‧ra‧ba‧ya
  • Rhymes: -ja, -a

Proper noun

Surabaya

  1. Surabaya (the capital and largest city of East Java, Indonesia)

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian Surabaya.

Proper noun

Surabaya f

  1. Surabaya (the capital and largest city of East Java, Indonesia)
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