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Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ré‧si‧dèn
Noun
résidèn (plural residen-residen)
- resident:
- a person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
- (historical) some official representatives of European colonial powers, while in theory diplomats, in practice exercised a degree of indirect rule, including in Dutch East Indies as head of Dutch residentie or Dutch afdeling.
- (medicine) a physician receiving specialized medical training.
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References
- ^ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
residen (Jawi spelling ريسيدن or ريسيدين, plural residen-residen, informal 1st possessive residenku, 2nd possessive residenmu, 3rd possessive residennya)
- (historical) A representative of the British government on occupied territory or in a protectorate of the British empire.
- (Indonesia) See Indonesian residen.
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Spanish
Verb
residen
- third-person plural present indicative of residir