Indonesia and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. The name "Indonesia" derives from the Greek name of the "Indos" (Ἰνδός) and the word "nesos" (νῆσος), meaning "Indian islands". The name dates to the 18th century, far predating the formation of independent Indonesia. In 1850, George Windsor Earl, an English ethnologist, proposed the terms "Indunesians"—and, his preference, "Malayunesians"—for the inhabitants of the "Indian Archipelago or Malayan Archipelago". In the same publication, one of his students, James Richardson Logan, used "Indonesia" as a synonym for "Indian Archipelago". However, Dutch academics writing in East Indies publications were reluctant to use "Indonesia"; they preferred "Malay Archipelago" ("Maleische
Peninsular chuckwalla Peninsular chuckwalla The peninsular chuckwalla ("Sauromalus australis") is a lizard belonging to the family Iguanidae. It is in the same genus as the other chuckwalla species. "S. australis" inhabits southeastern Baja California and eastern Baja California Sur in Mexico. The generic name, "Sauromalus", is a combination of two Ancient Greek words:σαῦρος ("sauros") meaning "lizard", and ομαλυς ("omalus") meaning "flat". Its specific name is derived from the Latin "australis", meaning "southern wind", as it inhabits the southern portion of the Baja peninsula. The common name "chuckwalla" derives from the Shoshone word "tcaxxwal" or Cahuilla "caxwal", transcribed by Spaniards as "chacahuala". The