praja

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦥꦿꦗ (praja, “kingdom, realm; court; capital city”), from Old Javanese prajā (“all subjects, country, realms”), from Sanskrit प्रजा (prajā, “subject of a king, rule”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pra‧ja

Noun

praja (first-person possessive prajaku, second-person possessive prajamu, third-person possessive prajanya)

  1. nation, city
    Synonyms: negeri, kota
  2. (colloquial) civil servant, pamong praja.
  3. (colloquial) the candidate of pamong praja, who are educated by Ministry of Home Affairs (Indonesia).

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

praja

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦿꦗ

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • pilaja (Gallo-Italic of Sicily, Ferla~Sortino)
  • spraja
  • playa (borrowed recently from Spanish, because of the prestige)

Etymology

From Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga (“tract, region”).

Cognate with Galician praia, Portuguese praia Spanish playa, Catalan platja, Occitan plaja, French plage and Italian spiaggia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾa.ja/,
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Hyphenation: prà‧ja

Noun

praja f (plural praji)

  1. beach (shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly)

See also

Wikious
Boobota
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