a member of a people native to the island of Madura and also inhabiting the northeastern coast of Java.
the Austronesian language spoken by the Madurese.
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Subro, a Madurese member of Nahdlatul Ulama, a huge and moderate Muslim civic group, fled pogroms elsewhere in West Kalimantan in 1999.
From Economist • Jul. 20, 2017
He now lives with his family on the edge of Pontianak, in an area where many displaced Madurese were resettled.
From Economist • Jul. 20, 2017
“As Madurese, we are worried because there were bad days before,” he says.
From Economist • Jul. 20, 2017
The Balinese language belongs to the same group of the Malayan class as the Javanese, Sundanese, Madurese, &c., but is as distinct from each of these as French is from Italian.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
Madi, the, 78 Madurese, the, 224 Mafflian industry, the, 10, 14 Mafulu, the, 158 Magars, the, 170 n.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
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