Sarawak

English

Etymology

From Malay Sarawak.

Pronunciation

• (Malaysia) IPA^(key): /saraˈwak/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsæɹəwæk/, /ˈsɑːɹəwæk/, /səˈrɑːwək/

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Proper noun

Sarawak

1. A state in eastern Malaysia. Capital: Kuching.
   • 1972, C. P. FitzGerald, The Southern Expansion of the Chinese People: "Southern Fields and Southern Ocean"‎^[1], London: Barrie & Jenkins, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 189:

     In other parts of the Nanyang the Chinese were never prominent in Communist Parties except, later, in Sarawak, where the local Chinese Communist faction attempted with little success to gain control of the Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (S.U.P.P.), a party largely Chinese-supported, which emerged as one of the legal political parties after Sarawak obtained self-government in 1956.

2. (historical) A former country in Southeast Asia; the "Kingdom of Sarawak" from 1841 to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's annexation of it in 1946.

Derived terms

• Sarawak dolphin
• Sarawakian
• sarawakite

Translations

state in Malaysia

• Arabic: سراوق, ساراواك
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙撈越／沙捞越 (zh) (Shālāoyuè)

• Japanese: サラワク (Sarawaku)
• Korean: 사라왁 (sarawak)
• Malay: Sarawak
• Portuguese: Sarawak m
• Russian: Саравáк (Saravák)
• Tamil: சரவாக் (caravāk)
• Thai: ซาราวัก (saa-raa-wák)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay Sarawak, from Sarawak Malay serawak (“antimony”). Doublet of serawak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Standard) /saˈrawaʔ/, /səˈrawaʔ/

Proper noun

Sarawak

1. Sarawak (state in Malaysia)

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sarawaʔ/
• Rhymes: -awaʔ, -waʔ, -aʔ

Proper noun

Sarawak (Jawi spelling سراوق)

1. Sarawak (state in Malaysia)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Sarawak.

Proper noun

Sarawak m

1. Sarawak (a state of Malaysia)