negara persemakmuran

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of negara (“state”) +‎ persemakmuran (“commonwealth”), calque of English Commonwealth of Nations.

Noun

negara persemakmuran (plural negara-negara persemakmuran, first-person possessive negara persemakmuranku, second-person possessive negara persemakmuranmu, third-person possessive negara persemakmurannya)

1. a state in Commonwealth of Nations, an association of independent, sovereign states most of which formerly constituted the British Empire.

Further reading

• “negara persemakmuran” 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.