Palembang
Americannoun
noun
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The smoky haze drifted from the fires toward Palembang, the capital of South Palembang province, causing unhealthy air conditions for the area’s 1.7 million people.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2023
For example, in the Srivijaya capital of Palembang in southern Sumatra stands a magnificent Buddha statue dating from the seventh or eighth century.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
In 2004, Ms. Lazarus said, she was involved in her first accident, when a plane overshot the runway in the city of Palembang.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2018
Nyimas wasn’t even the youngest competitor in Palembang - 9-year-old teammate Aliqqa Novvery placed sixth in the eight-person field for the street competition.
From Washington Times • Aug. 29, 2018
Fast on the heels of this incident came the sinking of another Dutch steamer, the Palembang, which was torpedoed and went down March 18, 1916, near Galloper Lights in a Thames estuary.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
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