pecinan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed Cina +‎ per- -an, from Javanese ꦥꦕꦶꦤꦤ꧀ (pacinan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pəˈt͡ʃinan]
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ci‧nan

Noun

pecinan (plural pecinan-pecinan)

  1. Chinatown: a district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses

Descendants

  • → Min Nan: 八芝蘭 / 八芝兰 (peh-chi-lân)

Further reading

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