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JAPEN

JAPEN proper noun: department of Information, an organisation set up by the Malaysian government to disseminate official information to the public.

Proper noun (1)

JAPEN

  1. (Malaysia) Department of Information, an organisation set up by the Malaysian government to disseminate official information to the public.
    • Deputy Director of the Communication Services and Community Development Division at the Department of Information Malaysia (JaPen), Azwarni Herni Che Noh, said guidelines on displaying the flag correctly can be downloaded via the Merdeka360 portal and JaPen e-Book platform.2026 August 11, “Refer to official guidelines when flying Jalur Gemilang, public urged”, in Sinar Daily, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2026

Proper noun (2) capitalized: JaPen

JaPen

  1. Alternative letter-case form of JAPEN

Forms of JAPEN

alternative formJaPen

Origin of JAPEN

Borrowed from Malay JAPEN, from initialism of Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia.

Questions about JAPEN

What does JAPEN mean?
JAPEN means department of Information, an organisation set up by the Malaysian government to disseminate official information to the public.
What part of speech is JAPEN?
JAPEN is a proper noun.

Words near JAPEN in the dictionary

  1. Japayuki-san
  2. japbenzaconine
  3. japchae
  4. jape
  5. japed
  6. JAPEN
  7. Japenis
  8. japer
  9. japeries
  10. japers
  11. japery

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: JAPEN (page history and authors); JaPen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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