berita negara

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Compound of berita (“news”) +‎ negara (“state”), calque of Dutch staatscourant (literally “state + newspaper”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bəˈrita nəˈɡara] === Noun === berita negara (plural berita-berita negara) (law, government) official gazette ==== Usage notes ==== As in the Netherlands, berita negara is used for official announcements other than law. Law announcements is published in lembaran negara, which is derived from Dutch staatsblad. In the Japanese occupation, the official publication was called berita pemerintah, which was derived from Japanese 官報(かんぽう) (kanpō, “official government gazette”). The synonym is warta kerajaan in Standard Malay (Brunei and Malaysia). === Further reading === “berita negara”, 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