Kuala Lumpur

English

Etymology

From Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

• (Malaysia) IPA^(key): /ˈkuala ˈlumpʊr/, /ˈkuala ˈlumpʊə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kuˈɑːlə ˈlʊmpə(ɹ)/, /kuˈɑːlə ˈlʊmpʊə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

2. A federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country.

Synonyms

• (all senses): KL

Related terms

• KLite

Translations

capital of Malaysia

• Afrikaans: Koeala Loempoer, Kuala Lumpur
• Albanian: Kuala Lumpur m
• Amharic: ኩዋላ ሉምፑር (kuwala lumpur)
• Arabic: كْوَالَا لُمْبُور f (kwālā lumbūr)
• Armenian: Կուալա Լումպուր (hy) (Kuala Lumpur)
• Assamese: কুৱালালামপুৰ (kualalampur)
• Azerbaijani: Kuala Lumpur (az)
• Belarusian: Куала-Лу́мпур m (Kuala-Lúmpur)
• Bengali: কুয়ালালামপুর (bn) (kuẏalalampur)
• Bulgarian: Куала Лу́мпур m (Kuala Lúmpur)
• Burmese: ကွာလာလမ်ပူမြို့ (kwalalampumrui.)
• Catalan: Kuala Lumpur m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 吉隆坡 (gat¹ lung⁴ bo¹)

  Hokkien: 吉隆坡 (Kiat-liông-pho)

  Mandarin: 吉隆坡 (zh) (Jílóngpō)

• Czech: Kuala Lumpur (cs) m
• Danish: Kuala Lumpur n
• Dutch: Kuala Lumpur n
• Esperanto: Kuala-Lumpuro (eo)
• Estonian: Kuala Lumpur (et)
• Farefare: Kuala Lumpuu
• Finnish: Kuala Lumpur (fi)
• French: Kuala Lumpur (fr) f
• Georgian: კუალა-ლუმპური (ka) (ḳuala-lumṗuri)
• German: Kuala Lumpur (de) n
• Greek: Κουάλα Λουμπούρ (el) (Kouála Loumpoúr)
• Hebrew: קוּאָלָה לוּמְפּוּר f (kuala lumpur)
• Hindi: कुआला लमपुर m (kuālā lampur)
• Hungarian: Kuala Lumpur (hu)
• Icelandic: Kúala Lúmpúr
• Indonesian: Kuala Lumpur
• Irish: Cuala-Lumpair
• Italian: Kuala Lumpur f
• Japanese: クアラルンプール (ja) (Kuararunpūru)
• Kazakh: Куала-Лумпур (Kuala-Lumpur)
• Khmer: កូឡាឡាំពួរ (koulaalampuə)
• Korean: 쿠알라룸푸르 (ko) (Kuallarumpureu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Kuala Lumpur

• Kyrgyz: Куала-Лумпур (ky) (Kuala-Lumpur)
• Lao: ກົວລາລຳເປີ (kūa lā lam pœ̄), ກົວລະລຳເປີ (kūa la lam pœ̄)
• Latin: Cuala Lumpuria f
• Latvian: Kualalumpūra f
• Lithuanian: Kvala Lumpūras m
• Macedonian: Куа́ла Лу́мпур (Kuála Lúmpur)
• Malay:

  Jawi: کوالا لومڤور

  Rumi: Kuala Lumpur (ms)

• Maltese: Kwala Lumpur
• Marathi: कुआला लुंपूर (kuālā lumpūr)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Куала Лумпур (Kuala Lumpur)

• Navajo: Kʼoala Lompo
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Kuala Lumpur

• Odia: କୁଆଲାଲୁମ୍ପୁର (kuālālumpura)
• Pashto: کوالالمپور m (kwālālampúr)
• Persian: کوالالامپور (kuâlâlâmpur)
• Polish: Kuala Lumpur (pl) m
• Portuguese: Kuala Lumpur f, Kuala Lampur f, Cuala Lumpur f
• Romanian: Kuala Lumpur (ro)
• Russian: Куала-Лу́мпур (ru) m (Kuala-Lúmpur)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Куа̀ла Лу̀мпур m

  Roman: Kuàla Lùmpur (sh) m

• Slovak: Kuala Lumpur m
• Slovene: Kuala Lumpur m
• Spanish: Kuala Lumpur (es) m
• Swedish: Kuala Lumpur (sv) n
• Sylheti: ꠇꠥꠀꠟꠣꠟꠣꠝ꠆ꠙꠥꠞ (kualalamfur)
• Tajik: Куала-Лумпур (Kuala-Lumpur)
• Tamil: கோலாலம்பூர் (kōlālampūr)
• Tatar: Куала-Лумпур (Quwala-Lumpur)
• Telugu: కౌలాలంపూరు (kaulālampūru)
• Thai: กัวลาลัมเปอร์ (guua-laa-lam-bpəə)
• Turkish: Kuala Lumpur (tr)
• Turkmen: Kuala Lumpur
• Ukrainian: Куала-Лу́мпур m (Kuala-Lúmpur)
• Urdu: کوالا لمپور m (kuālā lampur)
• Uyghur: كۇئالالۇمپۇر (ku'alalumpur)
• Uzbek: Kuala Lumpur
• Vietnamese: Cát Long Pha, Cu-a-la Lăm-pơ
• Yiddish: קואַלאַ לומפּור n (kuala lumpur)

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

1. Alternative spelling of Koeala Loempoer: Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

Derived terms

• Kuala Lumpurs

Catalan

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈa.lə ˈlum.pu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kuˈa.lə ˈlum.po]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kuˈa.la ˈlum.poɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kuˈa.lə ˈlum.pu]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kuˈa.la ˈlum.puɾ]

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur m

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuala lumpur]

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur m inan (relational adjective kualalumpurský)

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

Declension

Declension of Kuala Lumpur (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Kuala Lumpur
genitive	Kuala Lumpuru
dative	Kuala Lumpuru
accusative	Kuala Lumpur
vocative	Kuala Lumpure
locative	Kuala Lumpuru
instrumental	Kuala Lumpurem

Further reading

• “Kuala Lumpur”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Finnish

Etymology

From Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa.la lum.puʁ/

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur m

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur n (proper noun, genitive Kuala Lumpurs or (optionally with an article) Kuala Lumpur)

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kuala (“confluence”) +‎ lumpur (“mud”), from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkua̯la ˈlʊmpʊr/

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur f

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

Malay

Alternative forms

• KL (initialism)

Etymology

Compound of kuala (“confluence”) +‎ lumpur (“mud”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ku.a.lə lum.po(r)]
• (Baku) IPA^(key): [ku.a.la lum.pʊr]

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur (Jawi spelling کوالا لمڤور)

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈa.la ˈlum.pur/

• Audio:

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• Syllabification: Ku‧a‧la Lum‧pur

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur m inan (related adjective kualalumpurski)

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

Declension

Declension of Kuala Lumpur

	singular
nominative	Kuala Lumpur
genitive	Kuala Lumpuru
dative	Kuala Lumpurowi
accusative	Kuala Lumpur
instrumental	Kuala Lumpurem
locative	Kuala Lumpurze
vocative	Kuala Lumpurze

References

• Kuala Lumpur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Kuala Lampur, Cuala Lumpur (rare)

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur f

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

Romanian

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur f

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuala lumpur]

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur m inan (genitive singular Kuala Lumpuru, declension pattern of dub)

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

References

• “Kuala Lumpur”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkwala lumˈpuɾ/ [ˌkwa.la lũmˈpuɾ]
• Syllabification: Kua‧la Lum‧pur

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur m

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

Related terms

• lumpureño

Turkish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Kuala Lumpur, from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)