kota madya

Indonesian

Etymology

From kota (“city”) +‎ madya (“mid-”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkota ˈmadja]

Noun

kota madya (plural kota-kota madya)

  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).

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