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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed 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
Noun
praja (plural praja-praja)
- nation
- Synonym: negeri
- city
- Synonym: kota
- (historical) administration
- (colloquial) civil servant, pamong praja.
- (colloquial) the candidate of pamong praja, who are educated by Ministry of Home Affairs (Indonesia).
- (Roman Catholicism) secular clergyman
- Synonyms: imam diosesan, imam sekular, praja, presbiter, wereldheer
Derived terms
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
praja
- Romanization of ꦥꦿꦗ
Sicilian
- pragia (aulic)
- pilaja (Gallo-Italic of Sicily, Ferla~Sortino)
- spraja
- playa (borrowed recently from Spanish, as a the prestige variant)
Etymology
From an earlier *pragia, from Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga (“tract, region”).
Cognate with Corsican piaghja, Galician and Portuguese praia Spanish playa, Catalan platja, Occitan plaja, French plage and Italian piaggia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾa.ja/,
- Rhymes: -aja
- Hyphenation: prà‧ja
Noun
praja f (plural praji)
- beach (shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly)
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