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kinabatangan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
kin-abatan-gan
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and capital of Kinabatangan Diatrict, Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia

name

Semporna (a district of Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia)

name

A river in Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia

Etymology

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

Questions

What does kinabatangan mean?
A town and capital of Kinabatangan Diatrict, Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia
Where does kinabatangan come from?
Borrowed from Malay Kinabatangan. Perhaps a corruption of "Cina batangan", which means a Chinese estuary.

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