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Sabah

[ sah-bah ]

noun

  1. a state in Malaysia, on the northern tip of Borneo: formerly a British crown colony. 29,347 sq. mi. (76,008 sq. km). : Kota Kinabalu.


Sabah

/ ˈsɑːbɑː /

noun

  1. a state of Malaysia, occupying N Borneo and offshore islands in the South China and Sulu Seas: became a British protectorate in 1888; gained independence and joined Malaysia in 1963. Capital: Kota Kinabalu. Pop: 2 603 485 (2000). Area: 73 620 sq km (28 425 sq miles) Former name (until 1963)North Borneo


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The Kinabatangan River flows through the Malaysian state of Sabah.

The state of Sabah, where the Kinabatangan River is located, lost about 40 percent of its forest cover from 1973 to 2010, with logging and palm oil plantations being the main drivers of deforestation, a study in 2014 found.

Some, like Sabah, received immigration approval almost two years ago, but decided to stay in Iraq.

The portly, balding Sabah, a father of two, glances nervously at the television.

Instead, the loot was retained for the benefit of the despicable Emir Al-Sabah IV and a few hundred gluttonous Kuwaiti princes.

The likely competitors also count three women in their ranks, including Syria's first-ever female weight lifter, Soraya Sabah.

No, the old man must die: only thus—thus surely, and thus secretly—can the outraged dignity of Hasn-us-Sabah be appeased.

Thus did I prove the variations of the ellipse and 133show Hassan Sabah to be the mule he is.

But two evenings past you were queen, with the heir of Hassan Sabah your slave.

The chug-chug of the engine was the only sound as the trim little gunboat Sabah slipped along.

The mist lifted after reveille and the troops were astonished that the Sabah had disappeared.

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