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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay negeri, from Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌneː.ɣoːˈrɛi̯/
- Hyphenation: ne‧go‧rij
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯
Noun
negorij f (plural negorijen, diminutive negorijtje n)
- (historical) a district or community in pre-colonial Indonesia and Malaysia and in the Dutch East Indies
- (derogatory) a hamlet (small village somewhere in the sticks)