negara kota
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of negara (“state”) + kota (“city”), calque of Dutch stadstaat (“city state”).
Noun
[edit]- (government) city state, a sovereign city, as in Ancient Greece, often part of a league of such cities.
Further reading
[edit]- “negara kota” 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.