Tanjung Rambutan

proper noun

A town in Kinta district, Perak, Malaysia.

OriginMalay Tanjung Rambutan →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town in Kinta district, Perak, Malaysia.
  2. Malaysiacolloquialinformalspecificallythe Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, formerly known as the Tanjung Rambutan Asylum, a psychiatric hospital.
  3. Malaysiacolloquialinformalmetonymicallyoffensive(used to refer to mental illness)

Origin

  1. MalayTanjung Rambutan
  2. EnglishTanjung Rambutan

Borrowed from Malay Tanjung Rambutan. Sense 3 refers to the notorious reputation of the psychiatric hospital located there as associated with people with mental illnesses.

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Translations

Malay Tanjung Rambutan
  • Tanjung Rambutantown in Malaysia
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APA

Tanjung Rambutan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tanjung%20Rambutan

MLA

“Tanjung Rambutan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tanjung%20Rambutan. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tanjung Rambutan,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tanjung%20Rambutan.

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