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pontianak

1

[ pon-tee-ah-nahk ]

Pontianak

2

[ pon-tee-ah-nahk ]

noun

  1. a seaport on W Kalimantan (Borneo), in central Indonesia.

pontianak

1

/ ˌpɒntɪˈɑːnæk /

noun

  1. (in Malay folklore) a female vampire; the ghost of a woman who has died in childbirth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Pontianak

2

/ ˌpɒntɪˈɑːnæk /

noun

  1. a port in Indonesia, on W coast of Borneo almost exactly on the equator. Pop: 464 534 (2000)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pontianak1

First recorded in 1910–15; originally, jelutong from the region around Pontianak
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pontianak1

from Malay
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Example Sentences

How strange it must be living in a town like Pontianak, in West Borneo, where the equator passes through the main street!

The Kapuas valley has so far yielded the largest quantity, and Pontianak is, for diamonds, the principal port of export.

About the same time a British expedition was also sent against Sambas and a post established at Pontianak.

There is great virtue for instance, in the long hair of the Pontianak, the cruel sprite that haunts the waringin tree.

She adventured among the Dyaks, and journeyed westward to Pontianak, and the diamond mines of Landak.

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