wakil mahkota

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of wakil (“vice”) +‎ mahkota (“crown”), calque of Dutch vertegenwoordiger van de kroon (“representative of the crown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwakɪl mahˈkota/

Noun

wakil mahkota (plural wakil-wakil mahkota, first-person possessive wakil mahkotaku, second-person possessive wakil mahkotamu, third-person possessive wakil mahkotanya)

1. viceroy: one who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch.

Synonyms

• wakil raja
• wizurai (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “wakil mahkota” 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.