kota madya

Indonesian

Etymology

From kota (city) + madya (mid-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkota ˈmadja]

Noun

kota madya (first-person possessive kota madyaku, second-person possessive kota madyamu, third-person possessive kota madyanya)

  1. (government, historical) city: a second-level urban administration division in Indonesia which had wali kota as chief executive.

Usage notes

The term for second-level urban administrative division are kota (1999-now), kota madya (1965-1999), and kota praja (~1965). The second-level urban administrative division in Java during colonial period were Dutch stads-gemeente (literally urban commune) and Japanese (shi, si).

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