Makassarese

Makassarese
/meuh kas'euh reez", -rees"/, n., pl. Makassarese for 1.
1. a member of a Muslim people of southwestern Sulawesi, near Ujung Pandang, closely related to the Buginese.
2. the Austronesian language of the Makassarese.
Also, Macassarese, Makasarese.

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