Kuala Lumpur

American  

[kwah-luh loom-poor] / ˈkwɑ lə lʊmˈpʊər /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Malaysia, in the SW Malay Peninsula.

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Kuala Lumpur British  

/ ˈkwɑːlə ˈlʊmpʊə, -pə /

noun

1. a city in Malaysia, in the SW Malay Peninsula: formerly (until 1999) the capital of Malaysia; became capital of the Federated Malay States in 1895, and of Malaysia in 1963; capital of Selangor state from 1880 to 1973, when it was made a federal territory. Pop: 1 392 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

The rest of the travelling squad arrived in Malaysia early Wednesday morning after flying out from Sydney, AFP photos at Kuala Lumpur International Airport showed.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Malaysia’s benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index is trading at levels not seen since 2019, and its IPO market is gathering steam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Celebrations centred, as they have for more than a century, on the Batu Caves complex on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Malaysia’s benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index is trading at levels not seen since 2018, and its IPO market is gathering steam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

She’d arrived on a flight from Kuala Lumpur only to leave seventeen hours later for Manila.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti