Kebayoran baru

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Definition

Name of a district in Jakarta

Etymology

Derived from the Sundanese word 'bayur', a type of timber tree, which received the circumfix ke-an to become 'kebayoran'. 'Baru' refers to the planned residential area developed in the 1950s as an expansion of the Kebayoran lama district in South Jakarta.

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