Sarawak

[ suh-rah-wahk, -wah ]

noun

1. a state in the federation of Malaysia, on NW Borneo: formerly a British crown colony (1946–63) and British protectorate (1888–1946). About 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km). : Kuching.

Sarawak

/ səˈrɑːwək /

noun

1. a state of Malaysia, on the NW coast of Borneo on the South China Sea: granted to Sir James Brooke by the Sultan of Brunei in 1841 as a reward for helping quell a revolt; mainly agricultural. Capital: Kuching. Pop: 2 071 506 (2000). Area: about 124 449 sq km (48 050 sq miles)

Example Sentences

This is exactly what Greg Gray and his team from Duke University did in their search for undiscovered coronaviruses in rural Sarawak, Malaysia, a known “hot spot” for zoonotic spillover.

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There is a fort in Sibu, as indeed there is at most of the river places in Sarawak.

From Project Gutenberg

Several years ago the Rajah of Sarawak decreed that no one should collect orchids in his territory, for sale, without a license.

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The village stands on the river Sarawak, and at any moment of the day a sampan can be hired to take one thither.

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Some years afterwards, a young clerk in the service of a German firm at Singapore, visited Sarawak on his holiday.

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After one night there it moved for the next night to bivouacs known as Sarawak Camp, in the woods north of Poperinghe.

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