malacca
IPA: mʌɫˈækʌ
Root Word: Malacca
noun
- A state in western Malaysia.
- The capital city of Malacca State, Malaysia.
- Short for Strait of Malacca. [A strait between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.]
- Short for Malacca cane. [(uncountable) Calamus scipionum, a species of thick rattan climbing palm native to Southeast Asia; its material; (inexact) closely similar species and their material.]
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Examples of "malacca" in Sentences
- Piracy in the Strait of Malacca.
- They both made it back to Malacca.
- Mangroves of the Straits of Malacca.
- Malacca at that time was a British holding.
- Demak was the main exporter of rice to Malacca.
- Administered as an exclave of Malacca until today.
- There are piracy and terrorism in the Straits of Malacca.
- Across the Strait of Malacca to the west lies the island of Sumatra.
- He was a Malacca prince despite the fact that Malacca no longer existed.
- He played a major role in trying to wrest Malacca from Portuguese control.
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