Balikpapan
Americannoun
noun
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Titin, 33, relocated from the closest city, Balikpapan, two years ago and opened a fruit store.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2024
The stop-off in Samarinda was also odd - usually de Guzman would fly straight from Balikpapan to Busang.
From BBC • May 18, 2024
The government has redirected oxygen supplies from industrial plants in Morowali in Central Sulawesi, Balikpapan on Borneo island, and Belawan and Batam on Sumatra islands, Pandjaitan said.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2021
Why is there a battle at some place called Balikpapan?
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2020
He had led Lightning fighters on a 1,500-mile raid to Balikpapan, the longest fighter operation ever attempted in the theater.
From Time Magazine Archive
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