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

Officials from China and the US reached an agreement in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia before a Trump-Xi meeting in South Korea in October 2025 that extended their tariff truce until November this year.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people vanished from radar screens on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

This week, it unveiled plans to resume flights from Kuala Lumpur to London via Bahrain, marking a return to the British capital after more than a decade.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Malaysia’s benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index is trading at levels not seen since 2018, as the country’s IPO market gathers steam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 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