pemerintah pusat

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of pemerintah (“government”) +‎ pusat (“central”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəməˈrɪntah ˈpusat̚]

Noun

pemerintah pusat (first-person possessive pemerintah pusatku, second-person possessive pemerintah pusatmu, third-person possessive pemerintah pusatnya)

1. (politics, government) central government: the highest level of government in a unitary state.

   Antonym: pemerintah daerah

Further reading

• “pemerintah pusat” 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.