Johore Bahru

American  

[bah-roo] / ˈbɑ ru /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Johore state, Malaysia, in the S part.

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Johore Bahru British  

/ ˈbɑːruː /

noun

1. a city in S Malaysia, capital of Johore state: important trading centre, situated at the sole crossing point of Johore Strait (between Malaya and Singapore Island). Pop: 719 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

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

In Johore Bahru, capital of Johore, last week Sultana Helen appeared at her coronation in a Paris gown of shell-pink Venetian lace.

From Time Magazine Archive

We made our landfall some forty miles north of Singapore, and at once cut across country toward Johore Bahru and the great British crown colony.

From The Image and the Likeness by Campbell, John Scott

"Something about an old mandarin out Johore Bahru way, was it not?" asked Burton.

From Tales of Chinatown by Rohmer, Sax