balai agung
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== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Compound of balai (“hall”) + agung (“great”), calque from Chinese 大會堂/大会堂 (dàhuìtáng, “city hall”, literally “great hall”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˌba.lai̯ ˈa.ɡuŋ/, [ˌba.lai̯ ˈa.ɡʊŋ]
=== Noun ===
balai agung (plural balai-balai agung)
city hall: the building that houses a city's government
Synonyms: balai kota, dewan perbandaran (Malay)
hall, manor house
=== Further reading ===
“balai agung”, 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