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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

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

From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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 Gomes, Edwin Herbert

The South Americans chew the cocoa and mambee, and the eastern people the betel and areca, or, as they are called in the Malay language, sirih and pinang.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William

Then the medicine women are whirled round in the cone, and one by one they fall into a faint, to be recovered by fanning with the pinang blossom.

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

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

From John Rutherford, the White Chief by Craik, George Lillie

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

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 plane was set to travel to the small city of Pangkal Pinang, the provincial capital of a small island in the Java Sea.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2018

There were annually exported in the four years ending 1850, 48,000 lbs. of nutmegs from Pinang, and 57,400 lbs. of mace.

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.