Surakarta
English
Proper noun
Surakarta
- A city in Central Java, Indonesia.
- A sultanate in Java
Translations
city in Indonesia
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦱꦸꦫꦏꦂꦠ (surakarta), ꦯꦸꦫꦑꦂꦡ (surakarta), from Sanskrit शूर (śūra, “brave, heroic”) + कृत (kṛta, “done, accomplished”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /suraˈkarta/ [su.raˈkar.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -arta
- Syllabification: Su‧ra‧kar‧ta
Proper noun
Surakarta
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “Surakarta” 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.