Dictionary.com
definitions

Sarawak

[suh-rah-wahk, -wah]
|

noun

a state in the federation of Malaysia, on NW Borneo: formerly a British crown colony (1946–63) and British protectorate (1888–1946). About 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km). Capital: Kuching.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for sarawak

Historical Examples of sarawak

  • From Sarawak, or the mouth of the river, the distance is five hundred sea miles.

  • This appears to have been the nature of the services that purchased Sarawak.

    Bruin

    Mayne Reid

  • It was your great republic that first recognized the independence of Sarawak.

    Tales of the Malayan Coast

    Rounsevelle Wildman

  • By seven o'clock we were entering the Santubong mouth of the Sarawak river.

    On the Equator

    Harry de Windt

  • This residency, the smallest in Sarawak, is now in charge of a Eurasian, or half-caste.

    On the Equator

    Harry de Windt

British Dictionary definitions for sarawak

Sarawak

noun

a state of Malaysia, on the NW coast of Borneo on the South China Sea: granted to Sir James Brooke by the Sultan of Brunei in 1841 as a reward for helping quell a revolt; mainly agricultural. Capital: Kuching. Pop: 2 071 506 (2000). Area: about 124 449 sq km (48 050 sq miles)
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