"DUN" meaning in English

See DUN in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: DUNs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay DUN. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ms|DUN}} Borrowed from Malay DUN Head templates: {{en-noun}} DUN (plural DUNs), {{tlb|en|Malaysia}} (Malaysia)
  1. a state legislative assembly Tags: Malaysia
    Sense id: en-DUN-en-noun-ydRMLO53
  2. a state legislative assembly seat Tags: Malaysia
    Sense id: en-DUN-en-noun-LHL9lvkO Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 56 23 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 46 36 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ADUN

Inflected forms

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