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Jogjakarta

American  
[jog-yuh-kahr-tuh, johg-] / ˌdʒɒg yəˈkɑr tə, ˌdʒoʊg- /
Also Yogyakarta

noun

  1. a city in central Java, in S Indonesia.


Jogjakarta British  
/ ˌdʒɒɡ-, ˌdʒəʊɡjɑːˈkɑːtɑː /

noun

  1. a former spelling of Yogyakarta

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A family spokesman said Puan Sri Siti Amirah, the step-grandmother of Datuk Seri Najib Razak, was travelling alone on her way back to Jogjakarta, Indonesia, from Amsterdam.

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2014

The days of Dutch occupation in Jogjakarta had special personal significance for the young officer.

From Time Magazine Archive

The second son among the eleven children of a Moslem merchant named Notoredjo, Suharto was born in the Central Javanese village of Sedaju-Godean near Jogjakarta.

From Time Magazine Archive

Malik was in the presidium, together with the third member of the reigning triumvirate, Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX of Jogjakarta.

From Time Magazine Archive

The optimism heard at The Hague found only a faint echo some 8,000 miles away at Jogjakarta, the makeshift capital of the Indonesian Republic.

From Time Magazine Archive

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