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Sarawak
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English
Etymology
en :bor ms:Sarawak + 1
Pronunciation
en /saraˈwak/ Malaysia
en /ˈsæɹəwæk/ /ˈsɑːɹəwæk/ /səˈrɑːwək/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sarawak.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en state in eastern c/Malaysia Kuching.
en 1972 C. P. FitzGerald The Southern Expansion of the Chinese People: "Southern Fields and Southern Ocean" https://archive.org/details/southernexpansio0000fitz/ London w:Barrie & Jenkins 0-214-65341-2 695393553 5335141M 189 https://archive.org/details/southernexpansio0000fitz/page/189/ In other parts of the Nanyang the Chinese were never prominent in Communist Parties except, later, in Sarawak, where the local Chinese Communist faction attempted with little success to gain control of the Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (S.U.P.P.), a party largely Chinese-supported, which emerged as one of the legal political parties after Sarawak obtained self-government in 1956.
en historical en former country r/Southeast Asia ; the "Kingdom of Sarawak" from 1841 to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's annexation of it in 1946.
Derived terms
en Sarawak bean
en Sarawak dolphin
en Sarawakian
en sarawakite
Translations
state in Malaysia
Arabic: ar سراوق, ar ساراواك
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 沙撈越 Shālāoyuè
Hindi: hi सारावाक
Iban: iba Sarawak
Japanese: ja サラワク Sarawaku
Korean: ko 사라왁
Malay: ms Sarawak
Marathi: mr सारावाक
Portuguese: pt Sarawak m
Russian: ru Саравáк
Tamil: ta சரவாக்
Thai: th ซาราวัก
en Former polities
Indonesian
id:
Alternative forms
id Serawak
Etymology
id ms Sarawak, from id poz-sml serawak antimony.
Pronunciation
id /saˈrawaʔ/ Standard /səˈrawaʔ/
Proper noun
en Sarawak state in Malaysia
Malay
ms:
Etymology
From ms poz-sml serawak antimony. ms serawak.
Pronunciation
ms /sarawaʔ/ /sərawaʔ/
ms awaʔ waʔ aʔ
Proper noun
سراوق
en Sarawak state in Malaysia
ms Malaysia States of Malaysia
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :bor ms:Sarawak + 1
Proper noun
m
pt state c/Malaysia Sarawak