Negeri Sembilan

English

Alternative forms

• N9
• Negri Sembilan (older spelling)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Negeri Sembilan.

Proper noun

Negeri Sembilan

1. A state in western Malaysia. Capital: Seremban.

Derived terms

• Negeri Sembilanite (a resident of Negeri Sembilan)

Translations

state in Malaysia

• Arabic: نِكِرِي سِمْبِيلَن (nikirī simbīlan)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 森美蘭／森美兰 (sam¹ mei⁵ laan⁴)

  Mandarin: 森美蘭／森美兰 (zh) (Sēnměilán)

• Hindi: नेगेरी सेमबिलान (negerī sembilān)
• Japanese: ヌグリ・スンビラン (Nuguri Sunbiran)
• Korean: 느그리슴빌란 (Neugeuri-seumbillan)
• Malay: Negeri Sembilan
• Malayalam: നെഗേരി സെമ്പിലാൻ (negēri sempilāṉ)
• Russian: Негери́-Семби́лан (Negerí-Sembílan)
• Tamil: நெகிரி செம்பிலான் (nekiri cempilāṉ)
• Thai: เนอเกอรีเซิมบีลัน (nəə-gəə-rii səəm-bii-lan)

Malay

Alternative forms

• N9
• Negri Sembilan (older spelling)

Etymology

negeri (“state”) +‎ sembilan (“nine”).

The name was derived from nine original regions that the state formerly controlled, including Naning (now part of Melaka), Segamat (now part of Johor), Ulu Pahang (now part of Pahang), and Klang (now part of Selangor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnəɡəri səmbiˈlan/

Proper noun

Negeri Sembilan (Jawi spelling نݢري سمبيلن)

1. Negeri Sembilan (state in Malaysia)

Derived terms

• Nismilan

Descendants

• → English: Negeri Sembilan