Johore

American

[juh-hawr, -hohr] / dʒəˈhɔr, -ˈhoʊr /

Or Johor

noun

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

Johore British

/ dʒəʊˈhɔː /

noun

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)

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

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2013

He also offered additional pledges of aid, including investment in a $2.3 billion Japanese-style bullet train, which would run from Johore Bahru to Butterworth, 480 miles to the north.

From Time Magazine Archive

Between the two battles there lay only the narrow strip connecting Johore and Singapore Island, known as the Causeway.

From Time Magazine Archive

S. Thava Rajah, 33, is one of the top labor leaders in Johore, the southernmost state of Malaya.'

From Time Magazine Archive

Tunku Ibrahim was just past seventeen when his father, the Sultan Abubaker, chose to recognize him as his heir and Crown Prince of Johore.

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

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