Palembang
Americannoun
noun
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The fire started in bushes and trees Wednesday and was burning close to a highway that connects the Ogan Ilir district capital to Palembang, the capital city of South Sumatra province.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023
The special forces commander-turned-Indonesian presidential candidate is stretching out his legs, and drinking a coffee in a leather seat on his private plane after a huge rally in the city of Palembang in South Sumatra.
From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2019
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
In co-host city Palembang, Japanese teenagers Sakura Yosozumi and Kensuke Sasaoke provided a next-generation entree to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with gold medals in skateboarding.
From Washington Times • Aug. 29, 2018
Probabilities seem to me to be divided between Palembang, and its colony Singhapura.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
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