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Kinabalu

American  
[kin-uh-buh-loo] / ˌkɪn ə bəˈlu /
Or kinabulu

noun

  1. a mountain in N Sabah, in Malaysia: highest peak on the island of Borneo. 13,455 feet (4,101 meters).


Kinabalu British  
/ ˌkɪnəbəˈluː /

noun

  1. a mountain in Malaysia, on N Borneo in central Sabah: the highest peak in Borneo. Height: 4125 m (13 533 ft)

"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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He got the mug on a trip to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2023

He married an Australian woman, and the couple returned to raise a family in Kota Kinabalu.

From Reuters • Jun. 30, 2022

Wong is traveling next to Kota Kinabalu, the capital of eastern Sabah state on Borneo island.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2022

Driving from Kota Kinabalu to Kinabalu Park took less than two hours, and we arrived in mist to the only cold weather we experienced in Borneo.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2016

These include "erythrophthalmos" and "erythrophthalmus;" "Fantailed" and "Fan-tailed;" "Kinabalu" and "Kina Balu;" "M�xico" and "Mexico;" "M�ller" and "Muller," which may or may not have been different people.

From Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 by Thompson, Max C.

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