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
Thomas (name) Thomas (name) Thomas is recorded in the Greek New Testament as the name of Thomas the Apostle (one of the twelve apostles of Jesus). It is ultimately derived from the Aramaic personal name תאומא , meaning "twin," and the English spelling Thomas is a transliteration of the Greek Θωμάς. The masculine noun תאם (to'am) occurs throughout Semitic languages, always meaning twin. It appears to be also related to the Greek noun τομη (tome), meaning a cutting or cleaving in half. Thomas was a popular name throughout medieval Europe. In Britain the name was rare prior to the Norman Conquest (11th