Kelantan

[ kuh-lan-tan, -lahn-tahn ]

noun

1. a state in Malaysia, on the central Malay Peninsula. 5,750 sq. mi. (14,893 sq. km). : Kota Bharu.

Kelantan

/ kɛˈlæntən; kɪˌlænˈtæn /

noun

1. a state of NE Malaysia: under Thai control until it came under the British in 1909; produces rice and rubber. Capital: Kota Bharu. Pop: 1 313 014 (2000). Area: 14 920 sq km (5761 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Next to the Pahang, the Kelantan River is the largest on the east coast.

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Gold is worked with success in Pahang, and has been exploited from time immemorial by the natives of that state and of Kelantan.

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Kelantan is connected by telegraph with Bangkok and Singapore, and maintains regular postal communication with those places.

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The climate of Kelantan is mild and singularly healthy in the open cultivated regions.

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Gunong Tahan is situated on the boundary between Pahang and Kelantan.

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