Why is China called ''Tiongkok'' in Indonesian and not ''Cina'' or ''Kina?

Answer: Most of the Chinese people who came to Indonesia in the 18th and 19th.​.​.​ BayMax's Digest Top Stories For You Why is China called ''Tiongkok'' in Indonesian and not ''Cina'' or ''Kina''? Ben Haryo, M-Si from Universitas Indonesia (2001) Updated May 25 Most of the Chinese people who came to Indonesia in the 18th and 19th century were coming from the Fujian province in South China. They speak Hokkienese, a language which a...  Read More » What anime themes are extremely rare? Anime Motivation, Owner at Animemotivation-com (2016-present) Updated Nov 2, 2017 Animes based on the selling of weed. This is not just rare, it doesn't exist. And if it does it sure isn't popular. Animes with a focus on entrepreneurship. There are animes...  Read More » Why did Hiruzen believe that Minato was a bigger threat than Hashirama and Tobirama? Prider Nomvet Written Jul 24, 2019 Hashirama and Madara are what could be considered the most powerful shinobi known, but Minato is never recognized for being powerful mostly because he lacks the raw power t...  Read More » Why do Indonesians call their language Bahasa Indonesia when the proper term is Bahasa or Bahasian? Isn't that redundant? Naufal Rizky Rahardian (نوفل رزقي راهرديان), 451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons Updated Tue AAARGH, This is exactly the reason why I strongly oppose calling the Indonesian language "bahasa". "bahasa" in Indonesian means "language", so "bahasa Indonesia" means "Indo...  Read More » What is the most pretentious anime of all time? Oleg Volkov, Programmer Written Feb 25 Pretentious? Meaning "trying to look like something more than it is"? It doesn't happen every day, but two works come to mind: Neon Genesis Evangelion. There is some crazy st...  Read More » What is something that almost nobody knows about Japanese anime? Kelvin Davis, loves geography Written Jul 11, 2019 In the west, a lot of people think of this as "anime style." Black Clover A.I.C.O.: Incarnation Uta no Prince-sama ... Read More » What is your favorite Indonesian word? Josephine Stefani (陳圻), dreaming through the noise. Written Jan 15, 2018 I have a few favourite words, all for different reasons. In terms of concept, nothing beats the one word that all Indonesians would intuitively understand: tanggung. It's suc...  Read More » What animes have you watched that you would call masterpieces? Talha Ibn Mohammad, Student (2019-present) Written Apr 5 I don't know how exactly you would define a masterpiece. But I could say something like that about a recent I watched, "March Comes in like a Lion". At first glance of the s...  Read More » What are the things that didn't make sense to you in Naruto? Jack Richard, Animator at TOBOTS Written Jun 13 SPOILERS - - - ... Read More » What does "Ibu dorong sapi" mean in Indonesian? Fathi Rizqi Ananda, lives in Semarang, Indonesia (2018-present) Written Nov 28, 2019 It's a faux English thingy meant as a joke Ibu = mom Dorong = push Sapi = cow ... Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please unsubscribe.http://www.quora.com/