keresidenan
Indonesian
Etymology
From ke- + residen + -an, displaced karesidenan, from adapted borrowing of Javanese karésidhènan (ꦏꦫꦺꦱꦶꦝꦺꦤꦤ꧀, “residency”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kəresiˈd̪ɛnan]
Noun
kêrésidènan (plural keresidenan-keresidenan, first-person possessive keresidenanku, second-person possessive keresidenanmu, third-person possessive keresidenannya)
- residency:
- the name of the official residence of a resident.
- an administrative division of former British Empire and the Dutch East Indies (residentie), which were headed by a resident.
Usage notes
The term is used for Dutch East Indies administrative division in Java of Dutch residentie, which was translated into Japanese 州 (shū, syuu) during Japanese occupation.
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “keresidenan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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