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
First proposed in 2019, Widodo’s plan to move the capital would involve constructing government buildings and housing from scratch around the seaport of Balikpapan, about 2,000 kilometers northeast of Jakarta.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023
Why is there a battle at some place called Balikpapan?
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2020
An olive-drab, two-engined plane without markings or number swept in low and thundering over the Indonesian port of Balikpapan in Borneo.
From Time Magazine Archive
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