menara air

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== Indonesian == === Etymology === Compound of menara (“tower”) +‎ air (“water”). Calque of Dutch watertoren. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məˌnara ˈair/ [məˌna.ra ˈa.ɪr] Rhymes: -air Syllabification: me‧na‧ra air === Noun === menara air (plural menara-menara air) water tower: a large tank of water, in an elevated position, acting as a local reservoir; water is pumped into the tank and fed by gravity to the consumers Synonym: waduk === Further reading === “menara air”, 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