Etymology

Peranakan

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Today it means: 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). Full definition →

Malay peranakan
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  1. Malay · borrowed fromperanakan
  2. English todayPeranakan

Unadapted borrowing from Malay peranakan.

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