 The name of the Desin Dola' is only a translation into the Duano' language of the Malay term for Orang laut, where "desin" means "people" and "dola" means "sea".In the early sources of history and ethnography in the region, certain local groups of Duano' are referred to as "Orang Laut Bugis" (J.G.Schot, 1884), "Orang Lahut" (Tassillo Adam, 1928) and "Sendaur" (H. Kähler, 1949).