pinang

¹ American

[pi-nang] / pɪˈnæŋ /

noun

the betel palm or its nut.

Pinang ² American

[pi-nang, -nahng] / pɪˈnæŋ, -ˈnɑŋ /

noun

Penang.

Etymology

Origin of pinang

Borrowed into English from Malay around 1655–65

Example Sentences

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They were part of a group of 12 Australian nationals and 5 Indonesians who were traveling to Pinang Island in two boats.

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

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

Contact with the jet was lost 13 minutes after it took off from the capital, Jakarta, heading north to the tin-mining town of Pangkal Pinang.

From Reuters • Nov. 28, 2018

In Pinang and Province Wellesley it has only been observed within the last two years, and it is believed to have come from Keddah.

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 Simmonds, P. L.

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