name
Sukarno
soo-KAR-noh
suːˈkɑːrnoʊListen
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Syllable breakdown
Sukarno
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Javanese (Indonesia)
- Meaning
- a masculine Javanese name meaning good Karna or auspiciously like Karna — su meaning good or auspicious, and Karno being the Javanese pronunciation of Karna, the tragic hero of the Mahabharata who is one of the most admired figures in Javanese wayang shadow puppet tradition; in Javanese wayang, Karna — called Adipati Karna or Karna Basusena — is valued for his extraordinary generosity, military skill, and tragic loyalty, and is considered by many the most noble figure in the entire epic despite being on the losing side; the name is internationally recognised through Indonesia's founding president Sukarno — often written as Soekarno in Dutch orthography — one of the principal leaders of Asian decolonisation and a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement
- Gender
- male
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