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Definition of Kuala lumpur

1. Noun. The largest city and former capital of Malaysia until 2005.

Definition of Kuala lumpur

1. Proper noun. Federal territory in western Malaysia in which the country’s current capital of the same name is located. ¹

2. Proper noun. Current national capital of Malaysia, located in the federal territory of the same name. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kuala Lumpur

Literary usage of Kuala lumpur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Waging the Global War on Poverty: Strategies and Case Studies by Raundi Halvorson-Quevedo, Hartmut Schneider (2000)
"kuala lumpur. NIK. HWI, (1994i, "National Development Planning in Malaysia: System, Structure and Process", in INTAN (ed.i Malaysian Development Experience: ..."

2. International Migration in Asia: Trends and Policies by Oecd (2001)
"Economic R*port 1997/98, Ministry of Finance Malaysia, kuala lumpur, October 1997. Economic Report 1998/99, Ministry of Finance Malaysia, kuala lumpur, ..."

3. A Tour of the Missions: Observations and Conclusions by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1918)
"... from which we motored twenty-seven miles to kuala lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States—federated under the British Crown. ..."

4. Emerging World Cities in Pacific Asia by Fu-chen Lo, Yue-man Yeung (1996)
"kuala lumpur: Malaysian Industrial Development Authority. ... (1991e), Guidelines for Classification of Office Buildings in kuala lumpur. ..."

5. Pilgrims to the Isles of Penance: Orchid Gathering in the East by Talbot Clifton, Violet Mary Beauclerk Clifton (1911)
"AFTER leaving Taiping, we went to kuala lumpur, which is a large and well-built town, where are many Englishmen engaged in various branches of business. ..."

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