mancanegara
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Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed manca- + negara, from Javanese ꦩꦚ꧀ꦕꦤꦒꦫ (mancanagara, “outer provinces; overseas”), from Old Javanese mañcanagara, from Sanskrit मञ्च (mañca, “throne”) + नगर (nagara, “town, city”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /mant͡ʃanəˈɡara/
- Rhymes: -ara
- Syllabification: man‧ca‧ne‧ga‧ra
Noun
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
- Nusantara (“Indonesian archipelago”)
Further reading
- “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.