kawasan

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kawasan, from Classical Malay kawasan (“area”), from Javanese ꦏꦮꦱꦤ꧀ (kawasan, “authorised area”), from Old Javanese kawaśan (“dominion”). Cognate with Proto-Austronesian *kawaS (“year, season, sky, heaven”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kaˈwasan/ [kaˈwa.san]
• Rhymes: -asan
• Syllabification: ka‧wa‧san

Noun

kawasan (plural kawasan-kawasan)

1. (geography) region: Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons

   Synonyms: daerah, wilayah, rantau (Standard Malay)

2. area, zone: a given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc

Derived terms

• berkawasan

• kawasan aglomerasi
• kawasan agropolitan
• kawasan andalan
• kawasan berikat
• kawasan bersinyal
• kawasan budi daya
• kawasan cagar budaya
• kawasan daur ulang berikat
• kawasan ekonomi khusus
• kawasan elite
• kawasan hortikultura
• kawasan hutan
• kawasan industri
• kawasan industri berat
• kawasan komersial
• kawasan konservasi
• kawasan konservasi laut
• kawasan kumuh
• kawasan laut lindung
• kawasan lindung
• kawasan Malesia
• kawasan metropolitan
• kawasan neotropis
• kawasan pabean
• kawasan pecinan
• kawasan pelestarian alam
• kawasan pengembangan ekonomi terpadu
• kawasan penyangga
• kawasan perbatasan
• kawasan perdesaan
• kawasan perkotaan inti
• kawasan permukiman
• kawasan pertambangan
• kawasan resapan
• kawasan strategis nasional
• kawasan suaka alam
• kawasan super blok
• kawasan tanpa rokok
• kawasan tembak udara
• kawasan terlindung
• kawasan transmigrasi
• kawasan udara terbatas
• kawasan udara terlarang

Related terms

• kuasa

Further reading

• “kawasan”, 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

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Malay kawasan (“area”), from Javanese ꦏꦮꦱꦤ꧀ (kawasan, “authorised area”), from Old Javanese kawaśan (“dominion”). Cognate with Proto-Austronesian *kawaS (“year, season, sky, heaven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.wa.san/
• Rhymes: -san, -an

Noun

kawasan (plural kawasan-kawasan or kawasan²)

1. an area
2. a region

Further reading

• "kawasan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017