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Definition of Penang
1. Proper noun. State in western Malaysia which has George Town as its capital. ¹
2. Proper noun. Island in Penang state. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Penang
1. a cotton fabric [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penang
Literary usage of Penang
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History of the European War (1915)
"The Emden at Penang Pen Picture by a Times Correspondent of the Havoc She
Wrought [From THE NEW YORK TIMES Correspondent in Penang. ..."
2. International Cases: Arbitrations and Incidents Illustrative of by Ellery Cory Stowell, Henry Fraser Munro (1916)
"THE EMDEN AT Penang (1914) [EXTRACT from the account of the ... "For those who
do not know, the city of Penang lies on the western coast of the Malay ..."
3. An Anecdotal History of Old Times in Singapore, from the Foundation of the by Charles Burton Buckley (1902)
"It is probable that Raffles came from Calcutta to Penang with these two ships
which were to take him to Acheen from Penang. He did afterwards go from Penang ..."
4. A Descriptive Dictionary of British Malaya by Nicholas Belfield Dennys (1894)
"The extreme N. point of Penang, Batu Feringgi district. Tanjong Ben. ... Point on W.
side of Muka Head, NW Penang, about £ mile SW of it. ..."
5. Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-general of India to the Courts of by John Crawfurd (1830)
"Departure from Penang.—Description of the Principality of Queda. ... WE went out
of the harbour of Penang by the Southern channel, through which ships ..."
6. Essays in the Law by Frederick Pollock (1922)
"The intention was apparently to put Penang under the Bengal Regulations, or at
any rate the power to make Regulations. But difficulties were raised as to ..."
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