Putrajaya

/ ˈpuːtrəˌdʒʌɪə /

noun

1. officially the capital of Malaysia since 1999, in the SW Malay Peninsula, and forming its own federal territory; a high-tech garden city (including nearby Cyberjaya); construction began in 1995 and is expected to be complete in about 2010, with a planned population of over 300 000; government functions transferred in stages from Kuala Lumpur, starting in 1999

Example Sentences

One source of inspiration for Indonesia is Putrajaya, which replaced Kuala Lumpur as the administrative capital of Malaysia in 1999.

From Los Angeles Times

In Muslim-majority Malaysia, a worker at a McDonald's in Putrajaya, Malaysia's administrative capital, said the branch was seeing about 20% fewer customers, a figure that Reuters was not immediately able to verify.

From Reuters

Members of Malaysian school-based government youth organization KRS hold their national flags during the National Day parade in Putrajaya, Malaysia and thousands of South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally to demand the stop of the Japan’s release of treated radioactive water into the sea from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.

From Seattle Times

Tens of thousands of people thronged the government administrative capital of Putrajaya early Thursday for the main procession, waving national flags and cheering as bands. dancers and convoys of vehicles went past.

From Seattle Times

National television showed Anwar clocking in Friday morning at the government administrative capital of Putrajaya.

From Seattle Times