negara berkembang
التعريفات والمعاني
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Compound of negara (“country”) + berkembang (“developing”, literally “flowering”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /nə.ˈɡa.ra bər.kəm.ˈbaŋ/
=== Noun ===
negara berkembang (plural negara-negara berkembang)
(economics, geography) developing country: a sovereign state with a lesser developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries
Synonym: negara membangun (Standard Malay)
Antonym: negara maju
=== Further reading ===
“negara berkembang”, 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