"Peranakan" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəɹanəˈkan/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pəɹanəˈkɑːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pəɹænəˈkæn/ [General-American] Forms: Peranakans [plural], Peranakan [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Malay peranakan. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|ms|peranakan}} Unadapted borrowing from Malay peranakan Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Peranakan}} Peranakan (plural Peranakans or Peranakan)
  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) A descendant of the 15th- through 17th-century Chinese immigrants to the Malay Peninsula and Nusantara (Indonesian Archipelago), now part of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Southern Thailand) also known as Nanyang. Tags: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore Hyponyms: Nyonya [feminine], Baba [masculine] Derived forms: Peranakan Indonesian Related terms: Sangley, Chinese mestizo, Mestizo de Sangley, mestizo, mestiza Coordinate_terms: singkek, totok
    Sense id: en-Peranakan-en-noun-o0TbN3U7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Indonesian English, Malaysian English, Singapore English

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Peranakan meaning in English (2.3kB)

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