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Jogjakarta

American  
[jog-yuh-kahr-tuh, johg-] / ˌdʒɒg jəˈkɑr 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

Two days after the Hotel des Indes meeting, Dutch infantrymen began their withdrawal from Jogjakarta.

From Time Magazine Archive

One man who thought something should be done about this state of near-anarchy is handsome Hamengku Buwono, 40, Sultan of Jogjakarta and Indonesia's Defense Minister.

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.

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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.

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