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Definition of bengawan solo
bengawan solo
bengawan solo Lexical Profile
CEFR
B2
Grade
8
Tier
3
Usage
Rare
• noun
1
A famous 1940 Indonesian keroncong song written by Gesang Martohartono that poetically describes the flow of the Solo River.
Example
"Her grandmother gently hummed the nostalgic melody of Bengawan Solo while tending to the orchids."
2
The longest river on the Indonesian island of Java, flowing from Mount Lawu in Central Java to empty into the Java Sea in East Java.
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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Bengawan solo. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Oct 16, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/bengawan solo