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.

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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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Example Sentences

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The non-federated states consist of Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, and Trengganu, the rights of suzerainty, protection, administration, and control of which were transferred by treaty from Siam to Great Britain in 1909, and the Sultanate of Johore, which occupies the extreme southern end of the peninsula, opposite Singapore.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1909 it was England's turn again, but, disdaining the crude methods of the French, she informed the Siamese Government that she was prepared to relinquish her rights to maintain her own courts in Siam, the Siamese being expected to show their gratitude for this concession to their national pride by ceding to England the states of Kelantan, Trengganu and Kedah, in the Malay Peninsula, with a total area of about fifteen thousand square miles.

From Project Gutenberg