Kedah
Americannoun
noun
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Most of that comes from northern peninsular Malaysia, with Kedah the biggest producer.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
In 1026, Rajendra put his troops on merchants' ships and sacked Kedah, a Malay city that dominated the global trade in precious woods and spices.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
Wearing a mask and handcuffed, Samantha Jones, 51, was escorted by police into the courthouse in Alor Setar in the northern state of Kedah.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2020
The 92-year-old retains a political base in the northern state of Kedah, but is energetically touring battleground states such as Johor, to stir support.
From Economist • Apr. 6, 2018
The word is taken from the name of a small native state of the Malay Peninsula, and even to-day it is set down in various ways, as Quedah, Kedda, or Kedah.
From The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day by Paine, Ralph Delahaye
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