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Perak

[ pey-rak, -rahk, per-uh, peer-uh ]

noun

  1. a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 7,980 sq. mi. (20,668 sq. km). : Ipoh.


Perak

/ ˈpɪərə; ˈpɛərə; pɪˈræk /

noun

  1. a state of NW Peninsular Malaysia, on the Strait of Malacca: tin mining. Capital: Ipoh. Pop: 2 051 236 (2000). Area: 21 005 sq km (8110 sq miles)


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Example Sentences

From the top of the hill you can see ninety miles in the clear atmosphere, far away across the Straits of Perak to the mainland.

I have found both these words used separately and distinctly by Pawangs in the state of Perak.

Ang or hang is much employed in Kedah and Perak, and kau in other parts of the peninsula and in Borneo.

Langsong is generally used in Penang, but in Perak the Malays generally use lanjar in the same sense.

In some parts of the peninsula (Perak, for example), sampang is used instead of sampat.

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