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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

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

One of the women goes to the patient, who, clad in black, sits alone on a mat, and brings her a pinang blossom to hold, covering her head with a cloth.

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

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 Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

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

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

The ferry was carrying about 74 people to the small island of Tanjung Pinang near neighbouring Singapore when it is suspected to have hit a log about 30 minutes after it set sail, officials said.

From Reuters ● Apr. 28, 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

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

In 1818 there remained on the island 1,480,265 pepper vines in bearing, and the average value of exports of pepper from Pinang, including that received from other places, was averaged at 106,870 Spanish dollars.

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.