swapraja

Indonesian

Etymology

From swa- (“self”) +‎ praja (“city, town”, literally “realm; court”), calque of Dutch zelfbestuur. First attested in the Federal Constitution of 1949.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [swaˈpra.d͡ʒa]
• Hyphenation: swa‧pra‧ja

Noun

swapraja (plural swapraja-swapraja)

1. (historical, government) autonomous area

   Synonyms: swatantra, otonom

Further reading

• “swapraja”, 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