negara berkembang
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of negara (“country”) + berkembang (“developing”, literally “flowering”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]negara berkembang (plural negara-negara berkembang)
- (economics, geography) developing country: a sovereign state with a lesser developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries
- Synonym: negara membangun (Standard Malay)
- Antonym: negara maju
Further reading
[edit]- “negara berkembang” 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.