Jakarta

Or Dja·kar·ta,

[juh-kahr-tuh]

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Indonesia, on the northwestern coast of Java.

Jakarta

/ dʒəˈkɑːtə /

noun

1. Former spelling: Djakarta. Former name (until 1949): Batavia. the capital of Indonesia, in N West Java: founded in 1619 and ruled by the Dutch until 1945; the chief trading centre of the East in the 17th century; University of Indonesia (1947). Pop: 8 347 083 (2000)

Example Sentences

At least two cities on Indonesia's worst-affected Sumatra island were still unreachable on Sunday, and authorities said they had deployed two warships from Jakarta to deliver aid.

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Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul and Jakarta fell, while Tokyo was marginally lower and Sydney, Singapore, Taipei and Wellington all edged into the green.

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Adelaide is 1,300 miles to the east, Jakarta 1,900 miles to the north.

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The Indonesian rupiah was little changed following the announcement, and its benchmark Jakarta Composite Index traded 0.55% higher in afternoon trade.

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From small-town Oregon to the urban outskirts of Jakarta, investors and businesses are racing to build massive data centers to provide enough computing power to sustain growing AI companies.

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