keresidenan

Indonesian

Etymology

From residen + ke- -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)

  1. residency:
    1. the name of the official residence of a resident.
    2. 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 (shū, syuu) during Japanese occupation.

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