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Johore

American  
[juh-hawr, -hohr] / dʒəˈhɔr, -ˈhoʊr /
Or Johor

noun

  1. a state in Malaysia, on S Malay Peninsula. 7,330 sq. mi. (18,985 sq. km).


Johore British  
/ dʒəʊˈhɔː /

noun

  1. a state of Malaysia, on the S Malay Peninsula: mostly forested, with large swamps; bauxite- and iron-mining. Capital: Johore Bahru. Pop: 2 740 625 (2000). Area: 18 986 sq km (7331 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Yijiun, Johore, Malaysia, posited: "Are scientific theories true, or just the best explanation so far?"

From BBC Dec. 13, 2013

Said the Sultan of Johore: "I am heartbroken."

From Time Magazine Archive

The Sultan of Johore soon discovered reports were reaching London that he was making an issue of marrying Miss Hill, had engaged in a "serious quarrel" with the Governor of Straits Settlements.

From Time Magazine Archive

With other Malay states, Johore now produces one-third of the world's natural rubber.

From Time Magazine Archive

The famous old Straits of Malacca, which were once the haunts of the fierce Malayan pirates, separate the island from the mainland and the Sultanate of Johore.

From Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines by Wildman, Rounsevelle

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