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Noun

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daerah (plural daerahs)

  1. An administrative division in parts of West Africa and Southeast Asia.

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay daerah, from Arabic دَائِرَة (dāʔira, circle).[1]

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Noun

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daérah (plural daerah-daerah, first-person possessive daerahku, second-person possessive daerahmu, third-person possessive daerahnya)

  1. region; area
    Synonyms: kawasan, wilayah
  2. (historical, 1942-1945) province

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  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Arabic دَائِرَة (dāʔira).

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daerah (Jawi spelling داءيره, plural daerah-daerah, informal 1st possessive daerahku, 2nd possessive daerahmu, 3rd possessive daerahnya)

  1. district, region, area

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  • Indonesian: daerah

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