wakil mahkota
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of wakil (“vice”) + mahkota (“crown”), calque of Dutch vertegenwoordiger van de kroon (“representative of the crown”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwakɪl mahˈkota/
Noun
wakil mahkota (plural wakil-wakil mahkota, first-person possessive wakil mahkotaku, second-person possessive wakil mahkotamu, third-person possessive wakil mahkotanya)
- viceroy: one who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch.
Synonyms
- wakil raja
- wizurai (Standard Malay)
Further reading
- “wakil mahkota” 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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