Balanda
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A white person, a European.
"They knew the white people of Victoria, and called them Balanda, which is nothing more than ‘Hollanders’; a name used by the Malays, from whom they received it."
Example
More examples"They knew the white people of Victoria, and called them Balanda, which is nothing more than ‘Hollanders’; a name used by the Malays, from whom they received it."
Etymology
From Dhuwal balanda, from Makasar Balanda, from Malay Belanda, from Portuguese Holanda.
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