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pontianak
1[ pon-tee-ah-nahk ]
Pontianak
2[ pon-tee-ah-nahk ]
noun
- a seaport on W Kalimantan (Borneo), in central Indonesia.
pontianak
1/ ˌpɒntɪˈɑːnæk /
noun
- (in Malay folklore) a female vampire; the ghost of a woman who has died in childbirth
Pontianak
2/ ˌpɒntɪˈɑːnæk /
noun
- a port in Indonesia, on W coast of Borneo almost exactly on the equator. Pop: 464 534 (2000)
Word History and Origins
Origin of pontianak1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pontianak1
Example Sentences
She invited me to visit the site, and after two days and nights of travel that landed me in West Kalimantan’s capital, Pontianak, followed by a flight to Ketapang, a jarring truck ride, and a six-hour hike with two river crossings, I reached the Cabang Panti Research Station in the west-central section of the park.
After bouncing around various sites in Indonesia, in 2016 I found myself in Pontianak, a prison camp for asylum seekers.
Similar protests occurred in other cities, including Bandung, Yogyakarta, Makassar and Pontianak.
Flight SJ182 was en route to the city of Pontianak on Borneo island.
The briefing follows one held for families on Tuesday in Pontianak, the doomed flight’s destination, and comes as divers search for the missing memory unit from the plane’s cockpit voice recorder.
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