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 州 (shū, syuu) during Japanese occupation.

Alternative forms

• karesidenan

Further reading

• “keresidenan” 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.