Gunung
Gunung (outdated also Goenoeng ; with the same pronunciation following the Dutch spelling) is the designation for a mountain or volcano in the Indonesian and Malay languages and is also used as an addition to the name . The suffix is also used obsolete for mountains in East Timor .
Well-known mountains in Indonesia and Malaysia are:
- Gunung Agung
- Gunung Batur
- Gunung Belumut
- Gunung Besar
- Gunung Binaja
- Gunung Bromo
- Gunung Galunggung
- Gunung Jaya
- Gunung Kerinci
- Gunung Kinabalu
- Gunung Korbu
- Gunung Liangpran
- Gunung Mebo
- Gunung Merapi
- Gunung Merbabu
- Gunung Papandayan
- Gunung Porekautimbu
- Gunung Rinjani
- Gunung Sebayan
- Gunung Sonjol
- Gunung Tahan
- Gunung tentolotianan
Derived from the mountains, Gunung is also part of the name of some national parks:
- Gunung Gede-Pangrango National Park
- Gunung Halimun National Park
- Gunung Leuser National Park
- Gunung Lorentz National Park
- Gunung Palung National Park
- Gunung Rinjani National Park
- Mamberama Pegunungan Foja National Park
See also
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Wiktionary: gunung - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations