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.
- “Yes,” said Baudelaire, raising his malacca cane like a sword, “we will map the city in the name of nudity.”
- Denham merely smiled, and replacing the malacca cane on the rack, he drew a sword from its ornamental sheath.
- Then, putting on his hat and overcoat, he took two others, his best malacca cane, an umbrella, and opened the front door.
- Walking sticks of malacca and rattan were favorites for Town use, with crook, crutch or straight handles, very often mounted with silver bands and tips.
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- * SCREAMS* haha sound like a bimbo. finally i dont look nerdy when i jump!!! and i jump with style * greases hair* thankew. hypering over malacca. cant wait to show off my class shirt hehehe and to eat cup noodles in the hotel. so fun!
- He would then hold out his gold-headed malacca cane to be taken from him, and slightly spread his hands, gloved in bright wash-leather, to indicate that his coat, blue, lined with squirrel and collared with astrakhan, should be removed.
- He turned over the pages with great decision, as if he were judging the book in its entirety, the printing and paper and binding, as well as the poetry, and then, having satisfied himself of its good or bad quality, he placed it on the writing – table, and examined the malacca cane with the gold knob which had belonged to the soldier.