kota madya

Indonesian

Etymology

From kota (“city”) +‎ madya (“mid-”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkota ˈmadja]

Noun

kota madya (first-person possessive kota madyaku, second-person possessive kota madyamu, third-person possessive kota madyanya)

1. (government, historical) city: a second-level urban administration division in Indonesia which had wali kota as chief executive.

Usage notes

The term for second-level urban administrative division are kota (1999-now), kota madya (1965-1999), and kota praja (~1965). The second-level urban administrative division in Java during colonial period were Dutch stads-gemeente (literally “urban commune”) and Japanese 市 (shi, si).

Further reading

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