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

Ultimately the remaining team members got on the flight to Kuala Lumpur.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Wellington, Jakarta, Manila and Kuala Lumpur posted marginal losses, while Sydney, Mumbai and Bangkok were up and Singapore was little changed.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 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

Sunway Healthcare operates its flagship quaternary hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

In Malaya, at Kuala Lumpur, mosquitoes at first reacted to DDT by leaving the treated interiors.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson