Mataram

English + (city) Etymology From en id Mataram, ultimately from en sa मातरं, the singular accusative noun form of sa मातृ mother. Proper noun en caplc/provincial province/West Nusa Tenggara c/Indonesia. en hamlet mun/Dalfsen p/Overijssel c/Netherlands. en historical historical areas of plains south of Mount Merapi around present-day Muntilan, Sleman, Yogyakarta, and Prambanan. en historical historical kingdoms around the plain south of Mount Merapi en historical a Javanese Hindu–Buddhist kingdom that flourished between the 8th and 11th centuries. en historical Last major independent Javanese kingdom on the island of Java before it was colonised by the Dutch from the late 16th century until the beginning of the 18th century. Translations city in Indonesia Chinese: Cantonese: yue 馬塔蘭 Mandarin: cmn 馬塔蘭 Dutch: nl Mataram Indonesian: id Mataram Marathi: mr माताराम Dutch Etymology First attested as Mattarm in 1841. Named after a nearby estate, named in turn after the Mataram Sultanate. The estate's owner, Joannes Matthias van Rhijn, had been the Dutch East India Company's resident at Mataram before returning to the United Provinces and purchasing the estate. Pronunciation nl /ˈmaː.taː.rɑm/ nl Ma ta ram Proper noun n nl hamlet mun/Dalfsen p/Overijssel c/Netherlands References