Kuala Lumpur

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

1. Federal territory in western Malaysia in which the country’s current capital of the same name is located.
2. Current national capital of Malaysia, located in the federal territory of the same name.

Synonyms

• (all senses): KL

Translations

capital of Malaysia

• Arabic: كْوَالَا لُمْبُور m (kwālā lumbūr)
• Armenian: Կուալա Լումպուր (hy) (Kuala Lumpur)
• Assamese: কুৱালালামপুৰ (kualalampur)
• Belarusian: Куала-Лу́мпур m (Kuala-Lúmpur)
• Bengali: কুয়ালালামপুর (kuẏalalampur)
• Burmese: ကွာလာလမ်ပူမြို့ (kwalalampumrui.)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 吉隆坡 (gat¹ lung⁴ bo¹)

  Mandarin: 吉隆坡 (zh) (Jílóngpō)

  Min Nan: 吉隆坡 (Kiat-liông-pho)

• Danish: Kuala Lumpur
• Esperanto: Kuala-Lumpuro (eo)
• Finnish: Kuala Lumpur (fi)
• French: Kuala Lumpur (fr) m
• Georgian: კუალა-ლუმპური (ka) (ḳuala-lumṗuri)
• German: Kuala Lumpur (de) n
• Greek: Κουάλα Λουμπούρ (el) (Kouála Loumpoúr)
• Hebrew: קואלה לומפור
• Hindi: कुआला लमपुर (kuālā lampur)
• Indonesian: Kuala Lumpur
• Irish: Cuala-Lumpair
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• Italian: Kuala Lumpur f
• Japanese: クアラルンプール (Kuararunpūru)
• Khmer: កូឡាឡាំពួរ (koulaalampuə)
• Korean: 쿠알라룸푸르 (Kuallarumpureu)
• Lao: ກົວລາລຳເປີ (kūa lā lam pœ̄), ກົວລະລຳເປີ (kūa la lam pœ̄)
• Latvian: Kualalumpūra f
• Lithuanian: Kvala Lumpūras m
• Malay:

  Jawi: کوالا لومڤور

  Rumi: Kuala Lumpur (ms)

• Maltese: Kwala Lumpur
• Navajo: Kʼoala Lompo
• Persian: کوالالامپور (kuâlâlâmpur)
• Portuguese: Kuala Lumpur f, Kuala Lampur f, Cuala Lumpur f
• Russian: Куала-Лу́мпур m (Kuala-Lúmpur)
• Spanish: Kuala Lumpur (es) m
• Sylheti: ꠇꠥꠀꠟꠣꠟꠣꠝ꠆ꠙꠥꠞ (kualalamfur)
• Tamil: கோலாலம்பூர் (kōlālampūr)
• Thai: กัวลาลัมเปอร์ (guua-laa-lam-bpəə)
• Turkish: Kuala Lumpur
• Ukrainian: Куала-Лу́мпур m (Kuala-Lúmpur)

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Finnish

Etymology

From Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital of Malaysia)
2. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa.la lum.puʁ/

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur m

1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital of Malaysia)
2. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur n

1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital of Malaysia)
2. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)

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Indonesian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay Kuala Lumpur, equivalent to kuala (“confluence”) +‎ lumpur (“mud”).

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

1. Kuala Lumpur (capital of Malaysia, federal territory in Malaysia)

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur f

1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital of Malaysia)
2. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)

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Malay

Alternative forms

• کوالا لومڤور

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kualə lumpo(r)/
• IPA^(key): /kuala lumpʊ(r)/

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur (Jawi spelling کوالا لومڤور)

1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital of Malaysia)
2. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Kuala Lampur, Cuala Lumpur (rare)

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur f

1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital city of Malaysia)

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur m

1. Kuala Lumpur (a state of Malaysia)
2. Kuala Lumpur (the capital city of Malaysia)

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Turkish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English Kuala Lumpur, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital of Malaysia)
2. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)