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Penang
[ pi-nang, -nahng, pee-nahng ]
noun
- an island in SE Asia, off the W coast of the Malay Peninsula. 110 sq. mi. (285 sq. km).
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- See George Townanother name for George Town
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Every night their corpses stacked higher in Penang's streets and hospitals and makeshift refugee camps.
And what I might discover is what keeps me rooted to the island of Penang.
Penang island, the last human refuge, was their only target now.
Within a month, several of these 'strike teams' had sprouted in and around Penang.
There were perhaps a hundred of us in Penang, the greatest concentration of our kind in history.
Briggs laughed wildly, and, brandishing the Penang-lawyer, advanced out upon the dim-lit planking.
Our next point was the high and thickly wooded island of Penang.
Penang is a rather important commercial centre, and exports more tin than any other place on earth.
Penang-lawyer, pe-nang′-law′yėr, n. a walking-stick made from the stem of a Penang palm.
Then he reached up and straightened the position of the Penang lawyer club, on its supporting hooks.
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