balai kota

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of balai (“hall”) +‎ kota (“city”).

Noun

balai kota (plural balai-balai kota)

1. city hall, town hall

   Synonyms: balai agung, dewan perbandaran (Malay)

Further reading

• “balai kota”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016