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Makassar Makassar ( ), formerly Ujung Pandang ( ), is the capital of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, ...

, a city in Indonesia *

Makassar Strait Makassar Strait () is a strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia. To the north it joins the Celebes Sea, while to the south it meets the Java Sea. To the northeast, it forms the Sangkulirang Bay south of the Mangkalihat P ...

, a strait in Indonesia *

Makassar people The native Makassar, Macassar, Makassarese, Makassan or Macassan are one of the indigenous Sulawesi people, native to the southern Celebic peninsular regions (concentrated around the Makassar area) in Indonesia. The Makassar people are rich in ...

, ethnic group inhabiting the southern part of the South Peninsula, in Sulawesi *

Makassarese language Makassarese (, ), sometimes called Makasar, Makassar, or Macassar, is a language of the Makassarese people, spoken in South Sulawesi province of Indonesia. It is a member of the South Sulawesi languages, South Sulawesi group of the Austronesian ...

, also known as Makassar - one of a group of languages known as Makassaric languages **

Makasar script The Makasar script, also known as Ukiri' Jangang-jangang (bird's script) or Old Makasar script, is a historical Indonesian writing system that was used in South Sulawesi to write the Makassarese language between the 17th and 19th centuries until ...

, historical letters used to write Makassarese language ** Makasar (Unicode block)

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Pante Macassar Pante Macassar (, , ) is a city in the Pante Macassar Administrative Post, Pante Macassar administrative post on the north coast of East Timor, Timor-Leste, to the west of Dili, the nation's capital. It has a population of 4,730 (Stand 2006) ...

, a city in East Timor *

Makasar, Jakarta Makasar is a district (''kecamatan'') of East Jakarta, Indonesia. It had an area of 21.85 km2 and population of 185,830 at the 2010 Census; the latest official estimate (for mid 2019) is 204,595. The boundaries of Makasar District are Kali M ...

, a district of East Jakarta, Indonesia *

Macassar, Western Cape Macassar is a small town in South Africa, close to Strand and Somerset West, with an approximate population of 33,225. Administratively it is under City of Cape Town Eastern Suburbs zone. Macassar’s history is closely tied to the Strand, whos ...

, a town in South Africa * Macassar Village, Western Cape, an informal settlement in South Africa * Macassar, Mozambique, a village in north-eastern Mozambique

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Macassar oil Macassar oil is an Vegetable fats and oils, oil that was originally compounded from Diospyros celebica, Macassar ebony oil that was used primarily by Western European men throughout the 1800s and early 1900s as a hair conditioner to groom and styl ...

, a hair oil **

Antimacassar An antimacassar is a small cloth placed over the backs or arms of chairs, or the head or cushions of a sofa, to prevent soiling of the permanent fabric underneath.Fleming, John & Hugh Honour. (1977) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Ar ...

, a cloth to protect chairs against soiling by the oil *''

Diospyros celebica ''Diospyros celebica'' (commonly known as black ebony or Makassar ebony) is a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae that is endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. The common name Makassar ebony originates from the main sea ...

'' or Makassar ebony, a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae, endemic to the island of Sulawesi *

Makassar-class landing platform dock The ''Makassar'' class is a class of South Korean-designed Landing Platform Dock. The lead ship is named after the city of Makassar in Sulawesi and built in Busan, South Korea. The ships were designed by Daesun Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. base ...

, a class of amphibious warfare ships *"Makassar", a song by

Al Bano and Romina Power Al Bano and Romina Power are an Italian-American pop music duo formed in 1975 by then-married couple Italian tenor Albano Carrisi and American singer Romina Power, the daughter of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood actor Tyrone Power. They h ...

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Kompas TV PT Cipta Megaswara Televisi, operating as Kompas TV, is an Indonesian private terrestrial television news broadcaster. It is owned by the KG Media unit of Kompas Gramedia Group, and named after its flagship property, the '' Kompas'' daily n ...

Makassar, previously named Makassar TV, regional television in Makassar, Indonesia * Auntie Macassar, clown character from ''

The Big Comfy Couch ''The Big Comfy Couch'' (), is a Canadian children's prop comedy television series which is about a clown named Loonette and her doll Molly who solve everyday problems on their eponymous couch. It was produced by Cheryl Wagner and Robert Mills, ...

'' TV show seasons 1–5

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