kota raya
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of kota (“city”) + raya (“big, grand”). Compare to Chinese 大都 (“Khanbalik”), Chinese 大城市 (“metropolitan”), Japanese 大都市 (daitoshi, “metropolitan”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkota ˈraja]
Noun
kota raya (plural kota-kota raya)
- (government, historical) a provincial autonomous city
- Hypernym: kota