Sarawak
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Definitions
- 1 A state in eastern Malaysia. Capital: Kuching.
"In other parts of the Nanyang the Chinese were never prominent in Communist Parties except, later, in Sarawak, where the local Chinese Communist faction attempted with little success to gain control of the Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (S.U.P.P.), a party largely Chinese-supported, which emerged as one of the legal political parties after Sarawak obtained self-government in 1956."
- 2 A former country in Southeast Asia; the "Kingdom of Sarawak" from 1841 to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's annexation of it in 1946. historical
Example
More examples"In other parts of the Nanyang the Chinese were never prominent in Communist Parties except, later, in Sarawak, where the local Chinese Communist faction attempted with little success to gain control of the Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (S.U.P.P.), a party largely Chinese-supported, which emerged as one of the legal political parties after Sarawak obtained self-government in 1956."
Etymology
From Malay Sarawak.
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