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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Kuala Lumpur

The air, amber-hued and treacle-thick, is smudged under a blanket of smog that has spilled across international borders – to Singapore, Manila, Kuala Lumpur.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Sydney, Jakarta and Bangkok posted gains, while Manila and Kuala Lumpur were flat.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

Bangkok, Cape Town, and Kuala Lumpur are still among the cities that qualify for hardship payments, alongside Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Muscat.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The business has also deployed incremental capacity to destinations like Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore “to capture the demand from travelers avoiding the Middle East,” it said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

MI6 sent agents to Kuala Lumpur and Manila in hopes of picking up her trail, but Mother focused on her midway destination.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti