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neighbour in Malay

jiran

/ˈneɪbə//ˈneɪbɚ/

neighbour in Malay: jiran, tetangga. In English, neighbour means a person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.

Malay words for neighbour

a person living on adjacent or nearby land
jiran, tetangga

English meaning of neighbour

  1. noun A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.
  2. noun One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
  3. noun A fellow human being.
  4. noun Anything located directly adjacent to something else.

Full definition of neighbour

neighbour in a sentence

  • My neighbour has two noisy cats.
  • They′re our neighbours across the street.
  • The flood fill algorithm fills an area with colour by starting at one pixel and recursively visiting its neighbours.

Synonyms of neighbour

All synonyms of neighbour

neighbour in other languages

Questions about neighbour in Malay

What is the meaning of neighbour in Malay?
Neighbour in Malay is jiran, tetangga.
Apakah maksud neighbour dalam bahasa Melayu?
Neighbour: jiran, tetangga.
What does neighbour mean in English?
Neighbour means a person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neighbour (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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