Meanings
- A state in eastern Malaysia. Capital: Kuching.
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In other parts of the Nanyang the Chinese were never prominent in Communist Parties except, later, in Sarawak, where the local Chinese Communist faction attempted with little success to gain control of the Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (S.U.P.P.), a party largely Chinese-supported, which emerged as one of the legal political parties after Sarawak obtained self-government in 1956.
1972, C. P. FitzGerald, The Southern Expansion of the Chinese People: "Southern Fields and Southern Ocean", London: Barrie & Jenkins, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 189 - historicalA former country in Southeast Asia; the "Kingdom of Sarawak" from 1841 to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's annexation of it in 1946.
Origin
- MalaySarawak
- MalaySarawak
- EnglishSarawak
Borrowed from Malay Sarawak.
More words from Malay
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Arabic سراوق, ساراواك
- سراوقstate in Malaysia
- ساراواكstate in Malaysia
Chinese Mandarin 沙撈越 /沙捞越
- 沙撈越 /沙捞越 (Shālāoyuè)state in Malaysia
Hindi सारावाक
- सारावाक (sārāvāk)state in Malaysia
Japanese サラワク
- サラワク (Sarawaku)state in Malaysia
Korean 사라왁
- 사라왁 (sarawak)state in Malaysia
Malay Sarawak
- Sarawakstate in Malaysia
Portuguese Sarawak
- Sarawakstate in Malaysia
Russian Саравáк
- Саравáк (Saravák)state in Malaysia
Tamil சரவாக்
- சரவாக் (caravāk)state in Malaysia
Thai ซาราวัก
- ซาราวัก (saa-raa-wák)state in Malaysia
Cite this entry
Sarawak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sarawak
“Sarawak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sarawak. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sarawak,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sarawak.
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