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 city-state topped IQAir's live ranking of the world's most polluted major cities again early Friday, with Jakarta second and Kuala Lumpur fifth.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 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

Greenpeace also named Malaysian plantation group Kuala Lumpur Kepong, whose subsidiary PT Menteng Jaya Sawit Perdana managed land in Indonesia where 19 haze source points were recorded.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Kuala Lumpur says plans are already underway to send back around 3,500 more being held in detention centres.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 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

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