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Peranakan en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/pəˈɹɑːnəkɑːn/ (Singapore)
/pəɹænəˈkæn/ (General-American)
/pəɹanəˈkan/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/pəɹanəˈkɑːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/-ɑkɑːn/ (Singapore)
(Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay peranakan.

Meanings

(Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) A descendant of the 15th- through 17th-century Chinese immigrants to the Malay Peninsula and Nusantara (Indonesian Archipelago), now part of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Southern Thailand).

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Peranakans	Number=Plur		lexicographic
Peranakan	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Coordinates

singkek · totok

Deriveds

Peranakan Indonesian

Hyponyms

Relateds

mestizo · Sangley · Chinese mestizo · mestiza · Mestizo de Sangley

Synonyms