Kelantan

American  

[kuh-lan-tan, -lahn-tahn] / kəˈlæn tæn, -lɑnˈtɑn /

noun

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

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Kelantan British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

In the states of Kelantan and Perlis, rescue teams waded through knee-deep floodwaters to evacuate residents in areas where rising waters had cut off access to roads.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

The court challenge was filed in 2020 by two Muslim women from Kelantan, a rural northeastern state whose population is 97% Muslim.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2024

In Kelantan state, cinemas have been banned since 1990 for causing "social ills", and in 2017, a man was fined for wearing a pair of shorts that exposed his knees.

From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2022

The Shariah Court in Kelantan this month fined him $450 for the infraction of marrying Ayu in neighboring Thailand without the court’s prior permission.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2018

Numerous rivers reach the coast on both sides of the central watershed, many of those rising in the highlands of Pahang and Kelantan being absolutely untraced and unnamed.

From Adventures in Many Lands by Gillett, F.