negara berkembang
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of negara (“country”) + berkembang (“developing”, literally “flowering”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nə.ˈɡa.ra bər.kəm.ˈbaŋ/
Noun
negara berkembang (plural negara-negara berkembang, first-person possessive negara berkembangku, second-person possessive negara berkembangmu, third-person possessive negara berkembangnya)
- (economics, geography) developing country: a sovereign state with a lesser developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries
- Synonym: negara membangun (Standard Malay)
- Antonym: negara maju
Further reading
- “negara berkembang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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