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,
Theodora (given name) between 2003-2005. Theodora (given name) Theodora (, "Theodōra") is a feminine given name, the feminine version of Theodore, which derives from the Greek words ', "theos", "god" and ', "doron", "gift". "Theodora" is first attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B syllabic script, as , "te-o-do-ra". The name Dorothy (Greek: , "Dōrothea") contains the same word elements in reverse order. It was the name of several saints and queens, including Theodora, a 6th-century Byzantine empress honored as a saint in the early Christian Church. Teodora, a variant, is among the top 10 most popular names for girls born