Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tanjung rambutan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables: tan-jung rambu-tan
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Kinta district, Perak, Malaysia.

name

the Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, formerly known as the Tanjung Rambutan Asylum, a psychiatric hospital.

Colloquial; Informal

name

(used to refer to mental illness)

Colloquial; Informal; Offensive

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Tanjung Rambutan. Sense 3 refers to the notorious reputation of the psychiatric hospital located there as associated with people with mental illnesses.

Usage

Questions

What does tanjung rambutan mean?: A town in Kinta district, Perak, Malaysia.
Where does tanjung rambutan come from?: Borrowed from Malay Tanjung Rambutan. Sense 3 refers to the notorious reputation of the psychiatric hospital located there as associated with people with mental illnesses.

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