balanda

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balanda

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From Dhuwal balanda, from Makasar Balanda, from Malay Belanda, from Portuguese Holanda. Doublet of Holland.

noun balandas · balanda · ballanda · ballander

A white person, a European. They knew the white people of Victoria, and called them Balanda, which is nothing more than ‘Hollanders’; a name used by the Malays, from whom they received it.
Similar: gubbah, migaloo, whitefella

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@misc{balanda_2026,
  title = {balanda},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/balanda},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}