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Trengganu

American  
[treng-gah-noo] / trɛŋˈgɑ nu /

noun

  1. a state in Malaysia, on the E central Malay Peninsula. 5,050 sq. mi. (13,080 sq. km). Kuala Trengganu.


Trengganu British  
/ trɛŋˈɡɑːnuː, tɛrɛŋ- /

noun

  1. a state of E Peninsular Malaysia, on the South China Sea: under Thai suzerainty until becoming a British protectorate in 1909; joined the Federation of Malaya in 1948; an isolated forested region; mainly agricultural. Capital: Kuala Trengganu. Pop: 898 825 (2000). Area: 12 995 sq km (5002 sq miles)

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In 1962, he visited with us, five Peace Corps nurses and two Peace Corps teachers, in Kuala Trengganu while on a worldwide fact‐finding trip.

From US News • Sep. 29, 2016

Even as tragedy struck in the Trengganu estuary, another refugee drama, that of the harborless freighter Hai Hong, was coming to a gradual, troubled end.

From Time Magazine Archive

In desperation, the refugees attempted to negotiate turbulent waters into the mouth of the Trengganu River.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Kedah accent is easily distinguished from that of Patani, and that again from the speech of Trengganu and Pahang.

From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Maxwell, William Edward, Sir

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