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Borneo （/ˈbɔːrnioʊ/; Indonesian: Kalimantan） is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia.
At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra.
The island is politically divided among three countries: Malaysia and Brunei in the north, and Indonesia to the south.
Approximately 73% of the island is Indonesian territory.
In the north, the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak make up about 26% of the island.
Additionally, the Malaysian federal territory of Labuan is situated on a small island just off the coast of Borneo.
The sovereign state of Brunei, located on the north coast, comprises about 1% of Borneo's land area.
A little more than half of the island is in the Northern Hemisphere, including Brunei and the Malaysian portion, while the Indonesian portion spans the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Borneo is home to one of the oldest rainforests in the world.
The island is known by many names.
Internationally it is known as Borneo, derived from European contact with the Brunei kingdom in the 16th century during the Age of Exploration.
On a map from around 1601, Brunei city is referred to as Borneo, and the whole island is also labelled Borneo.
The name Borneo may derive from the Sanskrit word váruṇa （वरुण）, meaning either "water" or Varuna, the Hindu god of rain.
The local population called it Klemantan or Kalimantan, which was derived from the Sanskrit word Kalamanthana, meaning "burning weather" possibly to describe its hot and humid tropical weather.
Indonesian historian Slamet Muljana suggests that the name Kalamanthana was derived from Sanskrit terms kala （time or season） and mant...