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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week Johore rejoiced in a new houri, the shift being directly due to Adolf Hitler's war against England.

From Time Magazine Archive

Less than 1,000 Communists are still active, mostly in the southern state of Johore and the central state of Perak.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then she went twice to Johore, and gazed in open-eyed wonder at the palaces of the Sultan and at the fort in which her uncle was an officer.

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

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