Priangan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sundanese Parahiyangan, Priangan, perhaps influenced by Dutch Preanger.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /priˈaŋan/ [priˈa.ŋan]
  • Rhymes: -aŋan
  • Syllabification: Pri‧a‧ngan

Proper noun

Priangan

  1. (historical) Preanger Regencies Residency (a former residency in Indonesia, roughly coterminous with southern West Java)
  2. (now) a geographic region corresponding to areas belonging to the former Preanger Regencies Residency in central and southern West Java
  3. Parahyangan (the mountainous cultural region of West Java)

Derived terms

  • Priangan Timur

Further reading

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