Kuala Lumpur

[ kwah-luh loom-poor ]

/ ˈkwɑ lə lʊmˈpʊər /

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noun

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

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How to use Kuala Lumpur in a sentence

He forced a third set in half of them, and he even held a match point in the 2013 Kuala Lumpur championship against Portugal’s João Sousa.
He’s A Rising Tennis Star, But He Just Can’t Win A Final|Jonathon Braden|June 29, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
The restaurants I loved in Kuala Lumpur weren’t huge on mementos, anyway.
Mementos from around the world remind this writer of what he loves most about travel: Food.|Will Hawkes|March 26, 2021|Washington Post
The two carriers are headquartered in Kuala Lumpur but have vastly different profiles and operating philosophies.
The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370|Lennox Samuels|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Boeing jetliner had 295 people on board and was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
Latest News on Malaysian Airliner Reportedly Shot Down Over Ukraine|The Daily Beast|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

For weeks the information coming out of Kuala Lumpur was, at best, inconsistent and contradictory and, at worst, tainted.
Who Gagged the Search for MH370?|Clive Irving|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is just the latest example of contradictory and unsubstantiated information from unnamed sources leaking from Kuala Lumpur.
Who Gagged the Search for MH370?|Clive Irving|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The security scanning at Kuala Lumpur failed to register anything.
Flight 370 Was Carrying 440 Pounds of Dangerous Batteries|Clive Irving|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In that sneering laugh of Kuala Pahangs echoed a world of maddening defiance.
Cursed|George Allan England
Twice or thrice the sailors slipped in blood and rum upon the planking, and once Kuala Pahang all but jerked free from them.
Cursed|George Allan England
He was at sea again; witnessing the death of Scurlock, the boy and Kuala Pahang, in the blood-tinged waters.
Cursed|George Allan England
Fifty years ago thus had his grandsires eyes kindled at sight of Kuala Pahang in her tight little Malay jacket.
Cursed|George Allan England
Kuala Lumpor is also the federal capital of the Malay States.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

/ (ˈkwɑːlə ˈlʊmpʊə, -pə) /

noun

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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