a compound word of nusa ("island") + antara ("interval, interspace; other, another, different"), which together means "the outer islands", as mentioned in the 14th century Old Javanese manuscript Pararaton and Nagarakretagama.

Attestation

Other attestations of term are found in (1269 CE), (1301 CE), (1305 CE). Alongside the form of Dwipantara as found in (1292 CE). Both it and Nusantara have the same meaning, as dwipa and nusa are synonyms for island.

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