"Barat laut, barat daya, timur laut, tenggara."

Translation: Northwest, southwest, northeast, southeast.

[Ria___]

Can someone explain to me why these directions have completely different names? I'm super curious. Especially that southeast has its own word.

[v-point]

Used to be a folk of sailors, tenggara is "a strong, dry, hazy, east or southeast wind during the east monsoon...", SEA also called Asia Tenggara. Interesting:)

[Langaholic]

Comes to show the amazing Indonesian sailing tradition

[Caitlin943300]

Ive tried googling, but no luck!

[jecobacalzo]

Does southeast (tenggara) have a special meaning in Indonesian culture?

[AM.deJong]

Can we have a list of these very confusing set of wind directions: can find no logic in them

[IzharIz]

East = Timur

Southeast = Tenggara

South = Selatan

Southwest = Barat daya

West = Barat

Northwest = Barat laut

North = Utara

Northeast = Timur laut

[Nidzom3]

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