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)(file)

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

  1. A federal territory in western Malaysia, in which the country’s current capital of the same name is located.
  2. The capital city of Malaysia, located in the federal territory of the same name.

Synonyms
  • (all senses): KL

Translations

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

  1. Alternative spelling of Koeala Loempoer

Derived terms
  • Kuala Lumpurs

Catalan

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur m

  1. Kuala Lumpur

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kuala lumpur]

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur m inan (related adjective kualalumpurský)

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

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

Finnish

Etymology

From Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kwa.la lum.puʁ/

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur m

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

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

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

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkua̯la ˈlʊmpʊr/

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

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

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur f

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

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur (Jawi spelling کوالا لمڤور)

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur f

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

Romanian

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur f

  1. Kuala Lumpur

Slovak

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kuala lumpur]

Proper noun

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

  1. Kuala Lumpur (the capital of Malaysia)

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, 2024

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

Turkish

Etymology

From English Kuala Lumpur, from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Proper noun

Kuala Lumpur

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