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 fires have sent air pollution levels soaring as far afield as Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Kuala Lumpur topped monitoring site IQAir's ranking of the most polluted major global cities by Thursday, followed closely by Singapore, and with Indonesia's Medan and capital Jakarta just behind.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Ying Xian Wong is a reporter with Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal in Kuala Lumpur, mainly covering Malaysia and Indonesia's stock markets, macroeconomics and finance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Kuala Lumpur Kepong said in a statement that a "majority" of the fires originated from beyond its concession area and had all been extinguished.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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