Kota Bharu

American  

[koh-tuh bahr-oo] / ˈkoʊ tə ˈbɑr u /

Or Kota Bahru

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Kelantan state, in Malaysia, on the E central Malay Peninsula.

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Kota Bharu British  

/ ˈkəʊtə ˈbɑːruː /

noun

1. a port in NE Peninsular Malaysia: capital of Kelantan state on the delta of the Kelantan River. Pop: 263 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Pearl Harbor had already been under fire for an hour, Kota Bharu for two-and-a-half.

From Time • Dec. 7, 2016

Institutionally approved performances catering primarily to tourists take place at the Cultural Center of Kota Bharu while the authorities turn a blind eye to shows performed in the villages.

From Slate • Aug. 15, 2016

I went to visit them in a Malay village that’s a 40-minute drive from Kota Bharu to experience a traditional wayang kulit performance.

From Slate • Aug. 15, 2016

Tapes from both the Butterworth and Kota Bharu bases showed the radar contact arriving from the area of the last known position of Flight 370, the person familiar with the investigation said.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2014

At the time it lost contact with civilian air traffic control, the plane was roughly midway between Kota Bharu, to the northeast of Kuala Lumpur, and the southern tip of Vietnam, flying at 35,000 feet.

From Reuters • Mar. 12, 2014