'''Nusantara''' adalah istilah [[bahasa Kawi|Jawa Lama]] dalam Sumpah Palapa yang merujukdicipta kepadaoleh [[SenaraiGajah pulauMada]], diseorang Indonesiaperdana menteri pada masa kegemilangan [[Majapahit|kepulauanempayar IndonesiaMajapahit]].<ref>{{Citation| last1 = Echols | first1 = John M. | last2 = Shadily | first2 = Hassan | title = Kamus Indonesia Inggris (An Indonesian-English Dictionary) | place = Jakarta | publisher = Gramedia | year = 1989|edition=1st| isbn = 979-403-756-7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kbbi.kemdikbud.go.id/entri/Nusantara|title=Hasil Pencarian - KBBI Daring|website=kbbi.kemdikbud.go.id|access-date=2018-07-20}}</ref> Mengikut pemahaman [[Dunia|global]] pada zaman moden, istilah ini merujuk secara spesifik kepada wilayah [[kepulauan Indonesia]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rais|first1=Mohamed Amien|last2=Ng|first2=Taryn|last3=Irwan|first3=Omar|last4=Najib|first4=Muhammad|date=2004|title=Putra Nusantara: Son of the Indonesian Archipelago [Putera Nusantara: Anak Lelaki Kepulauan Indonesia]|lang=en|url=https://www.nlb.gov.sg/biblio/12269405|location=Singapore|publisher=Stamford Press|page= |isbn=9810499078}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Bowring|first=Philip|date=2018|title=Empire of the Winds: the Global Role of Asia's Great Archipelago|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BsuNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3&dq=Nusantara+specifically+Indonesian+archipelago&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNw5-r3NjyAhVn8HMBHZAlCAAQ6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=Nusantara%20specifically%20Indonesian%20archipelago&f=false|language=en |page=3|publisher=Bloomsbury|quote='Nusantara' was defined the region of islands and coasts over which Majapahit rule, ... Nusantara in Malay today has narrower meaning: 'archipelago', specifically the Indonesian archipelago.}}</ref>{{rp|3}}<ref>{{cite journal |last=Avé|first=J.|date=1989|title='Indonesia', 'Insulinde' and 'Nusantara': Dotting the I's and Crossing the T|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27864030|language=en|journal=Bijdragen Tot De Taal-, Land- En Volkenkunde|volume= 145|issue=2/3|page=230|location=Leiden, the Netherlands|quote='Nusantara' has been understood and used to refer to the
whole, that is, the mosaic of 'nusas' which constitutes an archipelago,
specifically the Indonesian archipelago. Berg's interpretation, however,
