negara bagian
Indonesian
editEtymology
editCompound of negara (“state”) + bagian (“part”), calque of Dutch deelstaat (“state”, literally “part state”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnêgara bagian (plural negara-negara bagian, first-person possessive negara bagianku, second-person possessive negara bagianmu, third-person possessive negara bagiannya)
- (government) state: a political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy.
- Partai Liberal dan Partai Nasional memiliki aliansi dalam politik negara bagian dan federal. ― Liberal Party and National Party have an alliance in state and federal politics.
Synonyms
edit- negeri (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
Further reading
edit- “negara bagian” 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.