Banjermasin

American  

[bahn-jer-mah-sin] / ˌbɑn dʒərˈmɑ sɪn /

Or Banjarmasin,

noun

1. a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.

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Example Sentences

From ruined Balikpapan patrols fought southward toward Banjermasin on Borneo's south coast, 300 miles from Java.

From Time Magazine Archive

The men of Pulu Petak, the right-hand lower branch of the Barito or Banjermasin river, tatu the upper part of the body, the arms and calves of legs, with elegant interlacing designs and scrolls.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

The Ukits, on the other hand, confine themselves to the interior, and are found chiefly in the upper parts of the basins of the Kotei, the Rejang, the Kapuas, and Banjermasin rivers.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

There were in the area that is now Dutch Borneo several independent Malay Sultans, of which the principal had their capitals at Pontianak, Banjermasin, and Kotei.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

The English again seized Banjermasin in 1811, but restored it in 1817.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various