Yogyakarta Syllabification: (Yog·ya·kar·ta)Pronunciation: /ˌyägyəˈkärtə/ (also Jogjakarta /ˌjägyə-, ˌjägjə-/)Definition of Yogyakarta a city in Indonesia, on the southern coast of the island of Java; population 433,500 (est. 2005). It was formerly the capital of Indonesia 1945–49. Yogyakarta in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Yogyakarta in the British & World English dictionary