Sarawak en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /səˈrɑːwək/ (UK)
- /ˈsɑːɹəwæk/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /saraˈwak/ (Malaysia)
- /ˈsæɹəwæk/ (UK)
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay Sarawak.
Meanings
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A state in eastern Malaysia. Capital: Kuching.
In other parts of the Nanyang the Chinese were never prominent in Communist Parties except, later, in Sarawak, where the local Chinese Communist faction attempted with little success to gain control of the Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (S.U.P.P.), a party largely Chinese-supported, which emerged as one of the legal political parties after Sarawak obtained self-government in 1956.
1972, C. P. FitzGerald, The Southern Expansion of the Chinese People: "Southern Fields and Southern Ocean", London: Barrie & Jenkins, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 189:
- (historical) A former country in Southeast Asia; the "Kingdom of Sarawak" from 1841 to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's annexation of it in 1946.
Deriveds
Sarawak dolphin · sarawakite · Sarawakian · Sarawak bean
Translations (13)
th ซาราวัก (state in Malaysia) · mr सारावाक (state in Malaysia) · hi सारावाक (state in Malaysia) · ar ساراواك (state in Malaysia) · cmn 沙撈越 /沙捞越 (state in Malaysia) · pt Sarawak (state in Malaysia) · ms Sarawak (state in Malaysia) · iba Sarawak (state in Malaysia) · ar سراوق (state in Malaysia) · ru Саравáк (state in Malaysia) · ta சரவாக் (state in Malaysia) · ja サラワク (state in Malaysia) · ko 사라왁 (state in Malaysia)