negara bangsa

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of negara +‎ bangsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nə.ˈɡa.ra ˈbaŋ.sa/

Noun

negara bangsa (plural negara-negara bangsa, first-person possessive negara bangsaku, second-person possessive negara bangsamu, third-person possessive negara bangsanya)

1. (government, politics) nation-state: a political entity (a state) associated with a particular cultural entity (a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit.

Alternative forms

• negara-bangsa

Further reading

• “negara bangsa” 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.