wakil mahkota

Indonesian

Etymology

Calque of Dutch vertegenwoordiger van de kroon (“representative of the crown”) as wakil (“vice”) +‎ mahkota (“crown”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌwakil mahˈkota/ [ˌwa.kɪl mahˈko.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ota
  • Syllabification: wa‧kil mah‧ko‧ta

Noun

wakil mahkota (plural wakil-wakil mahkota)

  1. viceroy (one who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch)
    Synonym: wakil raja
    Synonym: wizurai (Malay)

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