Peranakan
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Malay peranakan.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəɹanəˈkan/, /pəɹanəˈkɑːn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pəɹænəˈkæn/
Noun[edit]
Peranakan (plural Peranakans or Peranakan)
- (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) A descendant of the 15th- through 17th-century Chinese immigrants to the Malay Peninsula and Nusantara (Indonesian Archipelago), now part of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Southern Thailand) also known as Nanyang.
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