Penang

[ pi-nang, -nahng, pee-nahng ]

noun

1. an island in SE Asia, off the W coast of the Malay Peninsula. 110 sq. mi. (285 sq. km).
2. a state including this island and parts of the adjacent mainland: now part of Malaysia; formerly one of the Straits Settlements and part of the former Federation of Malaya. 400 sq. mi. (1,036 sq. km). : Georgetown.

Penang

/ pɪˈnæŋ /

noun

1. Also calledPulau Pinang a state of Peninsular Malaysia: consists of the island of Penang and the province Wellesley on the mainland, which first united administratively in 1798 as a British colony. Capital: George Town. Pop: 1 313 449 (2000). Area: 1030 sq km (398 sq miles)
2. a forested island off the NW coast of Malaya, in the Strait of Malacca. Area: 293 sq km (113 sq miles) Former name (until about 1867)Prince of Wales Island
3. See George Town
   another name for George Town

Example Sentences

Every night their corpses stacked higher in Penang's streets and hospitals and makeshift refugee camps.

From The Daily Beast

And what I might discover is what keeps me rooted to the island of Penang.

From The Daily Beast

Penang island, the last human refuge, was their only target now.

From The Daily Beast

Within a month, several of these 'strike teams' had sprouted in and around Penang.

From The Daily Beast

There were perhaps a hundred of us in Penang, the greatest concentration of our kind in history.

From The Daily Beast

Briggs laughed wildly, and, brandishing the Penang-lawyer, advanced out upon the dim-lit planking.

From Project Gutenberg

Our next point was the high and thickly wooded island of Penang.

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Penang is a rather important commercial centre, and exports more tin than any other place on earth.

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Penang-lawyer, pe-nang′-law′yėr, n. a walking-stick made from the stem of a Penang palm.

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Then he reached up and straightened the position of the Penang lawyer club, on its supporting hooks.

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