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  2. Names of Japan - Wikipedia

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    In the 16th century in Malacca, Portuguese traders first heard from Indonesian and Malay 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. List of ambassadors of Malaysia to Japan - Wikipedia

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    Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Inaugural holder: Lee Tiang Keng: Formation: 1958: Website: www.kln.gov.my /web /jpn _tokyo / The ambassador of Malaysia to Japan is the head ...

  6. Jesselton revolt - Wikipedia

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    The movement succeeded in killing around 50–90 Japanese police and soldiers and temporarily took control of Jesselton (which after the war in 1946 would become the North Borneo and then later Sabah capital) and several neighbouring districts of Tuaran and Kota Belud. Owing to extremely limited arms supplies, however, the movement was forced ...

  7. Hakkō ichiu - Wikipedia

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    10-sen Japanese banknote, illustrating the hakkō ichiu monument in Miyazaki, first issued in 1944. Hakkō ichiu (八紘一宇, "eight crown cords, one roof", i.e. "all the world under one roof") or hakkō iu (Shinjitai: 八紘為宇, 八紘爲宇) was a Japanese political slogan meaning the divine right of the Empire of Japan to "unify the eight corners of the world."

  8. Mat Kilau - Wikipedia

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    Muhammad Kilau bin Rasu [1] [2] (Jawi: محمد كيلاو بن راسو; 1866/67 – 16 August 1970) popularly known as 'Mat Kilau', or alternatively known as Mohamed bin Ibrahim or 'Mat Siam', [3] was a local chieftain and folk hero from Pahang, Malaysia, best known for his role in the Pahang Uprising (1891–1895) against the British Empire.

  9. Japanese occupation of Malaya - Wikipedia

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    The occupation commenced with Imperial Japanese Army landings at Padang Pak Amat beach Kota Bharu just after midnight on 8 December 1941, triggering a ferocious battle with the British Indian Army an hour before the attack on Pearl Harbor. This battle marked the official start of the Pacific War and the start of the Japanese occupation of ...