Muara
Encyclopedia
Muara means Estuary
in the Malay
and Indonesian
language, and is a name given to several locations in Southeast Asia.
Muara is also used in its literal meaning as a name prefix for various other towns in Malaysia and Sumatra
. these include:
Estuary
An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
in the Malay
Malay language
Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the official language of Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei and Singapore...
and Indonesian
Indonesian language
Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. Indonesian is a normative form of the Riau Islands dialect of Malay, an Austronesian language which has been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries....
language, and is a name given to several locations in Southeast Asia.
- Muara, BruneiMuara, BruneiMuara is a town in the Brunei and Muara district, Brunei. It contains the country's only deep-water port. Muara is the Malay word for estuary.-Location:...
is a town in the Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. It contains the country's only deep-water port. - Brunei-Muara DistrictBrunei-Muara DistrictBrunei-Muara is the northern-most district in Brunei; it is the smallest of Brunei's four districts in term of area but by far the most populous, with over half the country's population...
, Brunei - Muara, Indonesia, a town located at the southern part of Lake TobaLake TobaLake Toba is a lake and supervolcano. The lake is 100 kilometres long and 30 kilometres wide, and 505 metres at its deepest point. Located in the middle of the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra with a surface elevation of about , the lake stretches from to...
, Indonesia.
Muara is also used in its literal meaning as a name prefix for various other towns in Malaysia and Sumatra
Sumatra
Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...
. these include:
- Muara Enim
- Muara Jimba
- Muara Lembu
- Muara Tebas