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  2. Names of Japan - Wikipedia

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    In the 16th century in Malacca, Portuguese traders first heard from Malay and Indonesian the names Jepang, Jipang, and Jepun. [7] In 1577 it was first recorded in English, spelled Giapan . [ 7 ] At the end of the 16th century, Portuguese missionaries came to coastal islands of Japan and created brief grammars and dictionaries of Middle Japanese ...

  3. List of loanwords in Malay - Wikipedia

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    kota city Tamil கோட்டை / kōṭṭai kredo creed Latin credō kucai chives Hokkien (Chinese) 韭菜 / kú-tshài kuda horse Tamil கோடை kōṭai < Sanskrit घोट ghoṭa kue | kuih | kek cake Hokkien (Chinese) kué 粿 kualitas: quality: Latin: quālitās kualiti quality English quality kurma date Persian خرما / khormā

  4. List of English words of Malay origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a partial list of loanwords in English language, that were borrowed or derived, either directly or indirectly, from Malay language.Many of the words are decisively Malay or shared with other Malayic languages group, while others obviously entered Malay both from related Austronesian languages and unrelated languages of India and China.

  5. Japanese language - Wikipedia

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    Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide.

  6. Malayan campaign - Wikipedia

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    The defeat of Allied troops at the Battle of Jitra by Japanese forces, supported by tanks moving south from Thailand on 11 December 1941 and the rapid advance of the Japanese inland from their Kota Bharu beachhead on the north-east coast of Malaya overwhelmed the northern defences. Without any real naval presence, the British were unable to ...

  7. Kota language (India) - Wikipedia

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    Kota is a language of the Dravidian family with about 900 native speakers in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu state, India. It is spoken mainly by the tribal Kota people (India) . In the late 1800s, the native speaking population was about 1,100. [ 3 ]

  8. Sultan Ismail Petra Airport - Wikipedia

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    Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (IATA: KBR, ICAO: WMKC) is an airport that operates in Kota Bharu, a city in the state of Kelantan in Malaysia. The airport is named after Ismail Petra of Kelantan , the 28th Sultan of Kelantan, who ruled from 1979 to 2010.

  9. Empat perkataan - Wikipedia

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    The classic version of the form with adherence to all rules is known as the empat perkataan perempuan.Less adherent versions omitting the two-syllable rule are known as empat perkataan sajak, whereas the simplest version not adhering to any rhyme scheme or syllabic constraints is known as the empat perkataan kosong.