negara lindungan
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of negara (“country; state”) + lindungan (“protected”).
Noun
[edit]negara lindungan (plural negara-negara lindungan)
- (international relations) protectorate: the authority assumed by a state over another state deemed inferior or dependent, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs but the protected state retains its nominal sovereignty.
- Synonym: protektorat
- (international relations) vassal state: a state that is subordinate to another; government chiefly directed by the interests of an overlord or patron state.
- Synonym: vasal
Further reading
[edit]- “negara lindungan” 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.