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pontianaks

pontianaks is the plural of pontianak.

Meaning of pontianak

Noun

pontianak (countable and uncountable, plural pontianaks)

  1. (countable) A female vampiric ghost in Malaysian and Indonesian mythology, said to be the spirit of a woman who died while pregnant.
    • One of the most fearsome creatures of Malay folklore is the pontianak.2009, Andrew Hock-Soon Ng, “"Death and the Maide": The Pontianak as Excess in Malay Popular Culture”, in John Edgar Browning, Caroline Joan Picart, editors, Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead...

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Questions about pontianaks

What is pontianaks the plural of?
Pontianaks is the plural of pontianak.

Words near pontianaks in the dictionary

  1. Pontiacs
  2. Pontian
  3. pontianac
  4. pontianacs
  5. pontianak
  6. pontianaks
  7. pontic
  8. pontic rhododendron
  9. pontic rhododendrons
  10. ponticelli
  11. ponticello

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