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Etymology

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From Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

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  • (Malaysia) IPA(key): /ˈkuala ˈlumpʊr/, /ˈkuala ˈlumpʊə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /kuˈɑːlə ˈlʊmpə(ɹ)/, /kuˈɑːlə ˈlʊmpʊə/

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Kuala Lumpur

  1. A federal territory in western Malaysia, in which the country’s current capital of the same name is located.
  2. The capital city of Malaysia, located in the federal territory of the same name.

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  • (all senses): KL
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Afrikaans

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Kuala Lumpur

  1. Alternative spelling of Koeala Loempoer

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Catalan

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Unadapted borrowing from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

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Kuala Lumpur m

  1. Kuala Lumpur

Czech

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Kuala Lumpur m inan (related adjective kualalumpurský)

  1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital city of Malaysia)
  2. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)

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Further reading

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  • Kuala Lumpur”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Malay Kuala Lumpur.

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Kuala Lumpur

  1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital city of Malaysia)
  2. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

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Kuala Lumpur m

  1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital city of Malaysia)
  2. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)

German

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Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

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Kuala Lumpur n (proper noun, genitive Kuala Lumpurs or (optionally with an article) Kuala Lumpur)

  1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital city of Malaysia)
  2. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Compound of kuala (confluence) +‎ lumpur (mud), from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkua̯la ˈlʊmpʊr/

Proper noun

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Kuala Lumpur

  1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital city of Malaysia)
  2. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)

Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

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Kuala Lumpur f

  1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital city of Malaysia)
  2. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)

Malay

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Etymology

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kuala (confluence) +‎ lumpur (mud).

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Kuala Lumpur (Jawi spelling کوالا لمڤور)

  1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital city of Malaysia)
  2. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)

Portuguese

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Kuala Lumpur f

  1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital city of Malaysia)
  2. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)

Romanian

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Kuala Lumpur f

  1. Kuala Lumpur

Slovak

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Kuala Lumpur m inan

  1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital of Malaysia)

References

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  • Kuala Lumpur”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

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  • IPA(key): /ˌkwala lumˈpuɾ/ [ˌkwa.la lũmˈpuɾ]
  • Syllabification: Kua‧la Lum‧pur

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Kuala Lumpur m

  1. Kuala Lumpur (a state of Malaysia)
  2. Kuala Lumpur (the capital city of Malaysia)
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Turkish

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Etymology

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From English Kuala Lumpur, from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Proper noun

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Kuala Lumpur

  1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital city of Malaysia)
  2. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)