Kuala Lumpur

From Malay Kuala Lumpur.

• (Malaysia) IPA^(key): /ˈkuala ˈlumpʊr/, /ˈkuala ˈlumpʊə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kuˈɑːlə ˈlʊmpə(ɹ)/, /kuˈɑːlə ˈlʊmpʊə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

Kuala Lumpur

2. A federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country.

• (all senses): KL
• (the city, slang, derogatory): K-Hell

• KLite

Kuala Lumpur

1. alternative spelling of Koeala Loempoer: Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

• Kuala Lumpurs

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈa.lə ˈlum.pu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kuˈa.lə ˈlum.po]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kuˈa.la ˈlum.poɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kuˈa.lə ˈlum.pu]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kuˈa.la ˈlum.puɾ]

Kuala Lumpur m

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

• IPA^(key): [kuala lumpur]

Kuala Lumpur m inan (relational adjective kualalumpurský)

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

• “Kuala Lumpur”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

• IPA^(key): /kwa.la lum.puʁ/

Kuala Lumpur m

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

• Audio:

  (file)

Kuala Lumpur n (proper noun, genitive Kuala Lumpurs or (optionally with an article) Kuala Lumpur)

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

Compound of kuala (“confluence”) +‎ lumpur (“mud”), from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkua̯la ˈlʊmpʊr/

Kuala Lumpur

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur f

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

• KL (initialism)

Compound of kuala (“confluence”) +‎ lumpur (“mud”), literally “confluence of mud”.

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ku.a.lə lum.po(r)]
• (Bahasa Baku) IPA^(key): [ku.a.la lum.pʊr]

Kuala Lumpur (Jawi spelling کوالا لمڤور)

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

• IPA^(key): /kuˈa.la ˈlum.pur/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Syllabification: Ku‧a‧la Lum‧pur

Kuala Lumpur m inan (related adjective kualalumpurski)

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

• Kuala Lumpur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Kuala Lampur, Cuala Lumpur (rare)

Kuala Lumpur f

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

Kuala Lumpur f

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

• IPA^(key): [kuala lumpur]

Kuala Lumpur m inan (genitive singular Kuala Lumpuru, declension pattern of dub)

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

• “Kuala Lumpur”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkwala lumˈpuɾ/ [ˌkwa.la lũmˈpuɾ]
• Syllabification: Kua‧la Lum‧pur

Kuala Lumpur m

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)

Unadapted borrowing from English Kuala Lumpur, from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur

1. Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country)