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Peranakan

/pəɹanəˈkan/US/pəɹænəˈkæn/

Peranakan noun: 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).

Noun

Peranakan (plural Peranakans or Peranakan)

  1. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) 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).
    Synonyms:
    Nanyang

Synonyms of Peranakan

Forms of Peranakan

pluralPeranakans
pluralPeranakan

Origin of Peranakan

Unadapted borrowing from Malay peranakan.

Words formed from Peranakan

Questions about Peranakan

What does Peranakan mean?
Peranakan means 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).
What part of speech is Peranakan?
Peranakan is a noun.
How do you pronounce Peranakan?
Peranakan is pronounced /pəɹanəˈkan/ (UK).
What is the plural of Peranakan?
The plural of Peranakan is Peranakans.

Words near Peranakan in the dictionary

  1. peramorphoses
  2. peramorphosis
  3. perampanel
  4. peramurid
  5. peramurids
  6. Peranakan
  7. Peranakan Indonesian
  8. Peranakans
  9. perannual
  10. peraqim
  11. Peras

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