gula melaka

noun

Palm sugar made from the sap of flower buds from the coconut palm, or less commonly other palms.

OriginMalay gula melaka →
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Meanings

noungula melaka (uncountable)
  1. MalaysiaSingaporeuncountablePalm sugar made from the sap of flower buds from the coconut palm, or less commonly other palms.

Origin

  1. Malaygula melaka“gooseberry sugar”
  2. Englishgula melaka

Borrowed from Malay gula melaka (“gooseberry sugar”).

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APA

gula melaka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gula%20melaka

MLA

“gula melaka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gula%20melaka. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gula melaka,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gula%20melaka.

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