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Kinabatangan

Kinabatangan proper noun: a town and capital of Kinabatangan Diatrict, Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia.

Proper noun

Kinabatangan

  1. A town and capital of Kinabatangan Diatrict, Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia
  2. Semporna (a district of Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia)
  3. A river in Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia

Origin of Kinabatangan

Borrowed from Malay Kinabatangan. Perhaps a corruption of "Cina batangan", which means a Chinese estuary.

Questions about Kinabatangan

What does Kinabatangan mean?
Kinabatangan means a town and capital of Kinabatangan Diatrict, Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia.
What part of speech is Kinabatangan?
Kinabatangan is a proper noun.

Words near Kinabatangan in the dictionary

  1. Kin-sha Kiang
  2. Kin-sha-kiang
  3. Kin-tcheou
  4. kina
  5. Kinabalu
  6. Kinabatangan
  7. kinaestheses
  8. kinaesthesia
  9. kinaesthesias
  10. kinaesthesiometer
  11. kinaesthesiometers

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