mancanegara

Affixed manca- +‎ negara, from Javanese ꦩꦚ꧀ꦕꦤꦒꦫ (mancanagara, “outer provinces; overseas”), from Old Javanese mañcanagara, from Sanskrit मञ्च (mañca, “throne”) +‎ नगर (nagara, “town, city”).

• IPA^(key): /man.t͡ʃa.nəˈɡa.ra/
• Hyphenation: man‧ca‧nê‧ga‧ra

mancanêgara (first-person possessive mancanegaraku, second-person possessive mancanegaramu, third-person possessive mancanegaranya)

1. foreign country.

   Synonyms: luar negeri, negara asing

2. (colloquial) international.

   Synonyms: antarbangsa, internasional

• Nusantara (“Indonesian archipelago”)

• “mancanegara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.