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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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Malaysia's Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek said she has instructed full school closures in four states and two federal territories as well as one partial closure in the central Pahang State.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

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

Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, from UMNO, registered to defend his seat in central Pahang state.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022

The Kedah accent is easily distinguished from that of Patani, and that again from the speech of Trengganu and Pahang.

From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Sir William Edward Maxwell

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