Nusantara is a term used to describe an archipelago stretching from Sumatra to Papua. Hiperkorek term variations are also known are Nuswantara. Nusantara is a term used to describe an archipelago stretching from Sumatra to Papua. Hiperkorek term variations are also known are Nuswantara.
This word is first recorded in the Java language literature on the Mid-12th century until the 16th, to illustrate the concept of statehood that followed Majapahit. After being sunk at the beginning of the 20th century the term was revived by Ki Hajar Dewantara as an alternative name for an independent state-successor of the Dutch East Indies that has not materialized.
When the use of the name "Indonesia" (meaning the Indian Archipelago) is approved for use, Nusantara continues to be used as a synonym for the islands of Indonesia. As a result of subsequent political developments, the term was later also used to describe the unity of geography-anthropology archipelago that lies between Asia and Australia, including the Malay Peninsula but usually do not include the Philippines. In this last sense, the archipelago is equivalent to the Malay Archipelago, a popular term on the end of the 19th century until the beginning of the 20th century, especially in English-language literature.
When the "Nusantara" that was popularized back is not used as a political name as the name of a new nation, the term is still used by Indonesia to refer to the territory of Indonesia. Political dynamics toward the end of the Pacific War (ending 1945) raises the discourse of Indonesian territory that also includes British Malaya (West Malaysia) and North Borneo. The term "Nusantara" became popular among the citizens of the Peninsula, following the spirit of common background of the origin (Malay) among the inhabitants of islands and the peninsula.
When the use of the name "Indonesia" (meaning the Indian Archipelago) is approved for use, Nusantara continues to be used as a synonym for the islands of Indonesia. As a result of subsequent political developments, the term was later also used to describe the unity of geography-anthropology archipelago that lies between Asia and Australia, including the Malay Peninsula but usually do not include the Philippines. In this last sense, the archipelago is equivalent to the Malay Archipelago, a popular term on the end of the 19th century until the beginning of the 20th century, especially in English-language literature.
At the time of Malaysia (1957) stand, the spirit of togetherness under the term "Nusantara" irreplaceable in Indonesia with a hostility that was wrapped by Sukarno's policy of Confrontation. When hostilities ended, the understanding of the archipelago in Malaysia still carry the spirit of equality clump. Since then, the notion of "Nusantara" overlap with "Malay Archipelago".