Kuala Lumpur

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English

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Etymology

From Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

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

Synonyms

  • (all senses): KL

Translations

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

  1. Alternative spelling of Koeala Loempoer

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur m

  1. Kuala Lumpur

Czech

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur m inan (related adjective kualalumpurský)

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

Declension

Declension of Kuala Lumpur (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
singular
nominative Kuala Lumpur
genitive Kuala Lumpuru
dative Kuala Lumpuru
accusative Kuala Lumpur
vocative Kuala Lumpure
locative Kuala Lumpuru
instrumental Kuala Lumpurem

Further reading

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

Finnish

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Etymology

From Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

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

French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur m

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

German

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Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkua̯la ˈlʊmpʊr/

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

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

Italian

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur f

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

Malay

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Alternative forms

Etymology

kuala (“confluence”) +‎ lumpur (“mud”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur (Jawi spelling کوالا لمڤور)

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur f

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

Romanian

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur f

  1. Kuala Lumpur

Slovak

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

  1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital of Malaysia)

References

  • “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

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkwala lumˈpuɾ/
  • Syllabification: Kua‧la Lum‧pur

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur m

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

Turkish

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Etymology

From English Kuala Lumpur, from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

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