Yes, I believe I understand your line of thought on this matter, Pak Ganja.
You won't find any Siamese cats in Thailand either --- up there, they are Chinese cats.
So, yes, Keris Majapahit was not a name that originated in Jawa, it originated outside Jawa.Not from a European source, but more probably from a Malay source.
The thing to keep in mind with keris naming is that those names do not mean what they might seem to mean.Nothing is ever what we are led to believe it is.
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