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Definition of Sarawak
1. Noun. A region of Malaysia on northwestern Borneo.
Group relationships: Borneo, Kalimantan, East Malaysia
Member holonyms: Sarawakian
Derivative terms: Sarawakian
Definition of Sarawak
1. Proper noun. State in eastern Malaysia which has Kuching as its capital. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarawak
Literary usage of Sarawak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1893)
"His Highness the Kajah of Sarawak having communicated to me tho wish of the ...
It may not be amiss to remind even a geographical audience that Sarawak is ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1881)
"Í HAVE much pleasure in presenting the Society with the result of Jny geographical
gleanings during a residence of sixteen years in Sarawak, and in reading ..."
3. Head-hunters: Black, White, and Brown by Alfred Cort Haddon (1901)
"One of our objects in visiting Sarawak was the hope that by measuring a large
number of people, and by recording their physical features, we might help ..."
4. Head-hunters; Black, White, and Brown by Alfred Cort Haddon (1901)
"(b) A SKETCH OF THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF Sarawak. We have not at present sufficient
precise information to be able to speak with certainty concerning the ..."
5. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1892)
"Sarawak. The territory of Sarawak, lying between the state of Brunei and the
Dutch possessions, and skirted on the west by the main Bornean range, ..."
6. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1901)
"109. Shelford on the Museum of Sarawak. [Report on the Sarawak Museum. Ry R.
Shelford, BA, Curator of the Sarawak Museum. February, 1901. Pp. l-:tl. ..."
7. Life in the forests of the Far East by Spenser St. John (1862)
"Sarawak Government—Conduct of the People—Disastrous to the Chinese—New System—Arrival
of armed Chinese from Sambas—Dutch and English Assistance—Revisit ..."
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