pinang

¹

[ pi-nang ]

noun

1. the betel palm or its nut.

Pinang

²

[ pi-nang, -nahng ]

noun

1. Penang.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pinang¹

Borrowed into English from Malay around 1655–65

Example Sentences

These laws are called huhum pinang àn,—from depang àn, to eat—law or sentence to eat.

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There are small parties also in the mountains inland of Jooroo and Krian, opposite Pinang.

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Mr Hooker, when he saw them, said they were the pinang, or betel-nut palm—Areca catechu.

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In Sumatra a full grown plant has been known to produce seven pounds; in Pinang the yield is much more.

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A large supply of nutmeg and clove plants arrived at Pinang in 1802, from the Molucca Islands.

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