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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

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

That was bad, but the news from across the Johore Causeway to the Malayan mainland was worse.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a hotel suite at London's Grosveno House last week, Sir Ibrahim, the 85-year old Sultan of Johore, died of "genera debility."

From Time Magazine Archive

For fully a hundred and forty years did the Emperor of Johore and his valiant allies, the King of Acheen and the Sultan of Maur, seek to retake Malacca from the Portuguese.

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

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