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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 2005play

  Familiarity information: KUALA LUMPUR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KUALA LUMPUR (noun)


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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