mancanegara
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Affixed manca- + negara, from Javanese ꦩꦚ꧀ꦕꦤꦒꦫ (mancanagara, “outer provinces; overseas”), from Old Javanese mañcanagara, from Sanskrit मञ्च (mañca, “throne”) + नगर (nagara, “town, city”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mancanêgara (first-person possessive mancanegaraku, second-person possessive mancanegaramu, third-person possessive mancanegaranya)
- foreign country.
- Synonyms: luar negeri, negara asing
- (colloquial) international.
- Synonyms: antarbangsa, internasional
See also
[edit]- Nusantara (“Indonesian archipelago”)
Further reading
[edit]- “mancanegara” 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.
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- Indonesian terms prefixed with manca-
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- Indonesian terms derived from Old Javanese
- Indonesian terms derived from Sanskrit
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- Indonesian nouns
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