Pangkalpinang
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay Pangkal Pinang, from compound of pengkal (“base”) and pinang (“betel nut, Areca catechu”).
Proper noun edit
Pangkalpinang
- Pangkal Pinang (a city, the provincial capital of the Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia)
Further reading edit
Kota Pangkalpinang on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia id- “Pangkalpinang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
