kongkoan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 公館公馆 (kong-koán, “grand residence”, literally “honourable/public house”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɔŋˈkoan]
  • Hyphenation: kong‧ko‧an

Noun

kongkoan (plural kongkoan-kongkoan)

  1. public building
  2. Chinese council

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