kewedanaan
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Affixed wedana + ke- -an, from Javanese ꦏꦮꦼꦢꦤꦤ꧀ (kawedanan).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kewedanaan (first-person possessive kewedanaanku, second-person possessive kewedanaanmu, third-person possessive kewedanaannya)
- (government, historical) district: a former administrative division in Java, Dutch East Indies and Indonesia.
Usage notes edit
Kewedanaan was a former administrative division level, below kabupaten and above kecamatan. The term was used as replacement for Dutch district and Japanese 郡 (gun).
Further reading edit
- “kewedanaan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.