Kelantan

[ kuh-lan-tan, -lahn-tahn ]

/ kəˈlæn tæn, -lɑnˈtɑn /

noun

a state in Malaysia, on the central Malay Peninsula. 5750 sq. mi. (14,893 sq. km). Capital: Kota Bharu.

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Examples from the Web for kelantan

The climate of Kelantan is mild and singularly healthy in the open cultivated regions.
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Gold is worked with success in Pahang, and has been exploited from time immemorial by the natives of that state and of Kelantan.
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Gunong Tahan is situated on the boundary between Pahang and Kelantan.
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Kelantan is connected by telegraph with Bangkok and Singapore, and maintains regular postal communication with those places.
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No historical records of Kelantan exist, and the state was not noticed by the European merchants of the 16th and 17th centuries.
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British Dictionary definitions for kelantan

Kelantan

/ (kɛˈlæntən, kɪˌlænˈtæn) /

noun

a state of NE Malaysia: under Thai control until it came under the British in 1909; produces rice and rubber. Capital: Kota Bharu. Pop: 1 313 014 (2000). Area: 14 920 sq km (5761 sq miles)

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