Macassar Explained

Macassar, Makassar or Makasar may refer to:

Places, people, language

• Makassar, a city in Indonesia
• Makassar Strait, a strait in Indonesia
• Makassar people, ethnic group inhabiting the southern part of the South Peninsula, in Sulawesi
  • • Makassarese language, also known as Makassar - one of a group of languages known as Makassaric languages Makasar script, historical letters used to write Makassarese language

Place names derived from original

• Pante Macassar, a city in East Timor
• Makasar, Jakarta, a district of East Jakarta, Indonesia
• Macassar, Western Cape, a town in South Africa
• Macassar Village, Western Cape, an informal settlement in South Africa
• Macassar, Mozambique, a village in north-eastern Mozambique

Other

• Macassar oil, a hair oil
  • Antimacassar, a cloth to protect chairs against soiling by the oil
• Diospyros celebica or Makassar ebony, a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae, endemic to the island of Sulawesi
• Makassar-class landing platform dock, a class of amphibious warfare ships
• "Makassar", a song by Al Bano and Romina Power

Media

• Kompas TV Makassar, previously named Makassar TV, regional television in Makassar, Indonesia
• Auntie Macassar, clown character from The Big Comfy Couch TV show seasons 1–5

See also

• Makassarese (disambiguation)
• Makassan contact with Australia, contact of the Makassar people with Australia
• Makassar uprising