kota madya
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Indonesian
Etymology
From kota (“city”) + madya (“mid-”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kota madya (first-person possessive kota madyaku, second-person possessive kota madyamu, third-person possessive kota madyanya)
- (government, historical) city: a second-level urban administration division in Indonesia which had wali kota as chief executive.
Usage notes
The term for second-level urban administrative division are kota (1999-now), kota madya (1965-1999), and kota praja (~1965). The second-level urban administrative division in Java during colonial period were Dutch stads-gemeente (literally “urban commune”) and Japanese 市 (shi, si).
Further reading
- “kota madya” 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.