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KUALA LUMPUR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Kuala Lumpur mean?
• KUALA LUMPUR (noun)
The noun KUALA LUMPUR has 1 sense:
1. the largest city and former capital of Malaysia until 2005
Familiarity information: KUALA LUMPUR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The largest city and former capital of Malaysia until 2005
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Meronyms (parts of "Kuala Lumpur"):
Petronas Towers (twin skyscrapers built in Kuala Lumpur in 1997; 1482 feet high)
Holonyms ("Kuala Lumpur" is a part of...):
Malaya; Peninsular Malaysia; West Malaysia (the region of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula; shares a land border with Thailand to the north)
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