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Peranakans

Peranakans is the plural of Peranakan.

Meaning of Peranakan

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

Questions about Peranakans

What is Peranakans the plural of?
Peranakans is the plural of Peranakan.

Words near Peranakans in the dictionary

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

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