Kuala Lumpur

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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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/

Proper noun

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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.

Synonyms

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  • (all senses): KL
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Translations

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Afrikaans

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Proper noun

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Kuala Lumpur

  1. Alternative spelling of Koeala Loempoer

Derived terms

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kuala Lumpur m

  1. Kuala Lumpur

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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)

Declension

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Further reading

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

Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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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)

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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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German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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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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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Proper noun

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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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Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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kuala (confluence) +‎ lumpur (mud).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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)

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kuˈa.la ˈlum.pur/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Syllabification: Ku‧a‧la Lum‧pur

Proper noun

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Kuala Lumpur m inan (related adjective kualalumpurski)

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

Declension

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References

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Proper noun

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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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Proper noun

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Kuala Lumpur f

  1. Kuala Lumpur

Slovak

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Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kuala Lumpur m inan (genitive singular Kuala Lumpuru, declension pattern of dub)

  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, 2003–2024

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Kuala Lumpur m

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

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Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
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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)