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Kuching

American  
[koo-ching] / ˈku tʃɪŋ /

noun

  1. a seaport in and capital of Sarawak state, in E Malaysia: capital of the former colony of Sarawak.


Kuching British  
/ ˈkuːtʃɪŋ /

noun

  1. a port in E Malaysia, capital of Sarawak state, on the Sarawak River 24 km (15 miles) from its mouth. Pop: 152 310 (2000)

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Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, and Kuching, one of its cities on Borneo island, were recently ranked as among the world’s top five most polluted cities by IQAir, a Swiss air quality technology company.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023

Reentry looks to have been observed from Kuching in Sarawak, Malaysia.

From The Verge • Jul. 30, 2022

“As soon as the captain was notified, the plane was diverted to Kuching to be disinfected,” AirAsia’s Liong Tien Ling said in a statement to CNN.

From Washington Times • Feb. 15, 2022

Nor was it designed for long-distance journeys such as the one from the former Saigon to Kuching in East Malaysia.

From Washington Post • May 23, 2019

The river, though wider, put us very much in mind of the Kuching, in Borneo—the same tropical vegetation and miles of unhealthy-looking mangrove swamps.

From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)