Standard Lemma guide

Kangean

adj · name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈka.ŋe.an/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to Kangeans.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Kangeanic

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

An island of East Java, Indonesia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Kangean Island

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

An archipelago of East Java, Indonesia consisting of Kangean Island and its surrounding islands.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Kangean Archipelago

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

An Eastern Javanic language primarily spoken in Kangean Archipelago.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Kangeanic, Kangeanese

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An Eastern Javanic person, whose forebears were from the Kangean

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

An inhabitant of Kangean

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A member of an Eastern Javanic-speaking community

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A Kangean chicken.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Kangean kangean or kangayan.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Balinese: pulo Kangéan — Island in Indonesia
  • Betawi: pulo Kangéan — Island in Indonesia
  • Dutch: Kangean-eiland — Island in Indonesia
  • Indonesian: pulau Kangean — Island in Indonesia
  • Javanese: pulo Kangéan — Island in Indonesia
  • Madurese: polo Kangean — Island in Indonesia
  • Balinese: kapuloan Kangéan — Archipelago in Indonesia
  • Betawi: pulo-pulo Kangéan — Archipelago in Indonesia
  • Dutch: Kangean-archipel — Archipelago in Indonesia
  • Indonesian: Kepulauan Kangean — Archipelago in Indonesia
  • Javanese: kapuloan Kangéan — Archipelago in Indonesia
  • Madurese: kapoloan Kangean — Archipelago in Indonesia
  • Balinese: basa Kangéan — Language of Indonesia
  • Betawi: basa Kangéan — Language of Indonesia
  • Dutch: Kangeansch — Language of Indonesia
  • Indonesian: bahasa Kangean — Language of Indonesia
  • Javanese: basa Kangéan — Language of Indonesia
  • Madurese: bhâsa Kangean — Language of Indonesia