Peranakan

See also: peranakan

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay peranakan.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəɹanəˈkan/, /pəɹanəˈkɑːn/
(General American) IPA^(key): /pəɹænəˈkæn/

Noun

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.

Hyponyms

Nyonya (female)
Baba (male)

Coordinate terms

singkek
totok

Derived terms

Peranakan Indonesian

See also

Sangley
Chinese mestizo / Mestizo de Sangley
mestizo / mestiza

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