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  pinang

  noun

  the betel palm or its nut.
• Pinang
  Pinang

  noun

  Penang.

pinang

¹ American  

[pi-nang] / pɪˈnæŋ /

noun

1. the betel palm or its nut.

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Pinang ² American  

[pi-nang, -nahng] / pɪˈnæŋ, -ˈnɑŋ /

noun

1. Penang.

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Etymology

Origin of pinang

Borrowed into English from Malay around 1655–65

Example Sentences

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pinang Pinang

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

From John Rutherford, the White Chief by George Lillie Craik

He stopped the annual payment to Majapahit of one jar of pinang juice, a useless commodity though troublesome to collect.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon

Then she spread out a new mat for him, and brought out the pinang and sireh, and bade him be seated as she wished to have a chat with him.

From Children of Borneo by Edwin Herbert Gomes

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

From In the Eastern Seas by William Henry Giles Kingston

Rice is thrown on her and she is fanned with the pinang blossoms, but the women who attend to her only share her fate and also become senseless.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon

The resort on Pinang Island later reported to the agency that the boat with 10 passengers had safely arrived, but the boat that had left earlier had not been seen.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

Just months earlier, an almost identical aircraft operated by the Indonesian carrier Lion Air had crashed into the Java Sea on what should have been a routine flight from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2023

Tourists flying from abroad will still be able to arrive at Bali airport, as well as at Batam and Tanjung Pinang in the Riau Islands near Singapore.

From Reuters ● Feb. 7, 2022

The following morning, PK-LQP, operating as Lion Air flight 610, took off at 6:20AM local time on its way to Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia.

From The Verge ● May 2, 2019

The island of Pinang is estimated to contain 160 square miles, nearly the whole of which, with the exception perhaps of summits of the hills, is well adapted to spice growing.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds