Names of Indonesia Oceania and Maritime Southeast Asia. During that era, the East Indies portion now called "Indonesia" fell under Dutch colonial control and therefore was referred to as Dutch East Indies. Insulindia or Insulinde, is an archaic geographical term for Maritime Southeast Asia, encompassing the entire area situated between Australasia and Indochina. More common in Portuguese and Spanish, it is a combined word (portmanteau) from "insula" ("island") and "india" (India). "Indonesia" derives from the Latin and Greek "Indus" (Ἰνδός), and the Greek "nésos" (νῆσος), meaning "island". The name dates to the 18th century, far predating the formation of independent Indonesia. In 1850,
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