balai kota
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of balai (“hall”) + kota (“city”).
Noun
balai kota (plural balai-balai kota)
- city hall, town hall
- Synonyms: balai agung, dewan perbandaran (Malay)
Further reading
- “balai kota”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016