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negeri.

country, land

6 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/nəɡəˈri/Standard-Indonesian[nə.ɡəˈri]Standard-Indonesian

  1. country, land

  2. state (polity)

    sekolah negeri

  3. hometown

  4. district

    pengadilan negeri
    kejaksaan negeri
Where this word comes from

From Malay negeri, from Classical Malay negeri (“settlement”), from Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”). Doublet of nagari and negara. * The sense of district was reinforced as translation of Japanese 地方(ちほう) (chihō, “district, province, area”).

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