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Bogor

American

[boh-gawr] / ˈboʊ gɔr /

noun

a city on West Java, in Indonesia.

Bogor British

/ ˈbəʊɡɔː /

noun

Former name: Buitenzorg. a city in Indonesia, in W Java: botanical gardens and research institutions. Pop: 750 819 (2000)

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An international research team led by the universities of Göttingen in Germany and Bogor in Indonesia brings these threads together in this study.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024

"It will all be gone in 2096," the researcher from the Bogor Agricultural Institute says.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2023

“I also sincerely hope that exchanges between young people from both countries will lead to further development of friendly relations between our two countries,” Naruhito said at a joint news conference at Bogor Palace.

From Washington Times • Jun. 19, 2023

Jacob Luitjens was born April 18, 1919, in Buitenzorg, in what was then the Dutch East Indies, now Bogor on the Indonesian island of Java.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2022

Bogor is the native name of Buitenzorg, in Java, which contains the governor-general's palace.

From Small Souls by Couperus, Louis

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