Bulungan

bulungan English + language Alternative forms all archaic en Bolongan Bulongan Proper noun en regency p/North Kalimantan c/Indonesia. An Austronesian language spoken in Bulungan Regency, North Kalimantan. See also blj en Languages Indonesian id:Kabupaten + Etymology From earlier spellings id Bulongan and id Bolongan (both have fallen in use and became archaic as of 1980s), from id blj bulu tengon really a bamboo. The name itself originated from local legend revolving around Kuwanyi, a tribal chief of Hupan (or Kayan) Dayaks, who found a bamboo and an egg on a woody stump, while he went hunting. The spelling id Bulongan was the original one used in government documents such as Emergency Law No. 3/1953, Law No. 27/1959, Government Regulation No. 47/1981, as well as old books such as Monografi Daerah Propinsi Kalimantan Timur (1969) (it's not exactly known when the regency renamed itself). Pronunciation Bulungan Proper noun id Bulungan regency p/North Kalimantan c/Indonesia