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Pahang

American  
[pah-hahng, puh-hang] / pɑˈhɑŋ, pəˈhæŋ /

noun

  1. a state in Malaysia, on the SE Malay Peninsula. 13,820 sq. mi. (35,794 sq. km). Kuantan.


Pahang British  
/ pəˈhʌŋ /

noun

  1. a state of Peninsular Malaysia, on the South China Sea: the largest Malayan state; mountainous and heavily forested. Capital: Kuantan. Pop: 1 288 376 (2000). Area: 35 965 sq km (13 886 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The fruit is often grown in plantations like this one, which is spread over 1,000 acres in the Malaysian state of Pahang.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2024

A total of 842 sailors perished, and the shipwrecks off the coast of central Pahang state are designated war graves.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2023

During this period, often thought of as “the golden age” of Malacca, Mansur Shah pursued an expansionist policy, adding the gold-rich state of Pahang on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula to his kingdom.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

The agency said in a statement that Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Johor, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan and Sabah were still affected by floods, and 8,727 people were taking shelter at 128 relief centres.

From Reuters • Jan. 2, 2022

For two hundred odd miles they bore this present to their King, down all the glorious reaches of river, glistening in the sunlight, that wind through the length of the Pahang valley.

From In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula by Clifford, Hugh Charles, Sir

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