kota raya

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kota (city) +‎ raya (big, grand). Compare to Chinese 大都 (Khanbalik), Chinese 城市 (metropolitan), Japanese 大都市(だいとし) (daitoshi, metropolitan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkota ˈraja]

Noun

kota raya (plural kota-kota raya)

  1. (government, historical) a provincial autonomous city
    Hypernym: kota