kepala daerah

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kepala (“leader, chief, head”) +‎ daerah (“region”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈpala daˈerah/

Noun

kepala daerah (plural kepala-kepala daerah)

1. (politics, government) head of regional government.

Hyponyms

• gubernur
• bupati
• wali kota

Derived terms

• pemilihan kepala daerah

Further reading

• “kepala daerah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.