Makassar, Macassar or Makasar may refer to:

Places, people, language

  • Makassar, a city in Indonesia
  • Makassar Metropolitan Area, a metropolitan area in Indonesia
  • Makassar Strait, a strait in Indonesia
  • Makassar people, ethnic group inhabiting the southern part of the South Peninsula, in Sulawesi
  • Makassarese language, also known as Makassar - one of a group of languages known as Makassaric languages
  • Makasar script, historical letters used to write Makassarese language
  • Makasar (Unicode block)

Place names derived from original

  • Pante Macassar, a city in East Timor
  • Makasar, Jakarta, a district of East Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Macassar, Western Cape, a town in South Africa
  • Macassar Village, Western Cape, an informal settlement in South Africa
  • Macassar, Mozambique, a village in north-eastern Mozambique

Other

  • Macassar oil, a hair oil
  • Antimacassar, a cloth to protect chairs against soiling by the oil
  • Diospyros celebica or Makassar ebony, a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae, endemic to the island of Sulawesi
  • Makassar-class landing platform dock, a class of amphibious warfare ships
  • "Makassar", a song by Al Bano and Romina Power

Media

  • Kompas TV Makassar, previously named Makassar TV, regional television in Makassar, Indonesia
  • Auntie Macassar, clown character from The Big Comfy Couch TV show seasons 1–5

See also

  • Makassarese (disambiguation)
  • Makassan contact with Australia, contact of the Makassar people with Australia
  • Makassar uprising