praja

From Javanese ꦥꦿꦗ (praja, “kingdom, realm; court; capital city”), from Old Javanese prajā (“all subjects, country, realms”), from Sanskrit प्रजा (prajā, “subject of a king, rule”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpra.d͡ʒa]
• Hyphenation: pra‧ja

praja (first-person possessive prajaku, second-person possessive prajamu, third-person possessive prajanya)

1. nation, city

   Synonyms: negeri, kota

2. (colloquial) civil servant, pamong praja.
3. (colloquial) the candidate of pamong praja, who are educated by Ministry of Home Affairs (Indonesia).

• “praja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

praja

1. Romanization of ꦥꦿꦗ

• playa (borrowed recently from Spanish)
• spraja (South-Eastern Coast)

From Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga (“tract, region”).

Cognate with Galician praia, Portuguese praia Spanish playa, Catalan platja, Occitan plaja, French plage and Italian spiaggia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾa.ja/, [ˈpɾa.ja]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: prà‧ja

praja f (plural praji)

1. beach (shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly)