kabupaten

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ (kabupatén), equivalent to bupati + ke- -an. Doublet of kebupatian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.bu.pa.ten/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧bu‧pa‧tén

Noun

kabupatén (first-person possessive kabupatenku, second-person possessive kabupatenmu, third-person possessive kabupatennya)

  1. (government) regency (the second-level administrative division in Indonesia)

Usage notes

Kabupaten is used for former Dutch East Indies administrative division in Java of Dutch regentschap, which was renamed into Japanese , (ken) during Japanese occupation.

Further reading

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