User-submitted place name Lampung

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Type Political Subdivision

Usage Indonesian, Acehnese, Balinese, Javanese, Malay, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Albanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Urdu

Scripts Лампунг(Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian) لامپونگ(Persian, Urdu) ลัมปุง(Thai)

Pronounced Pron. lam-POONG(Indonesian)

LAHN-PEHNG(French)

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Meaning & History

From Tolang Pohwang, the name of a 7th-century kingdom, which is derived from Lampungese to meaning "people" and Lang Pohwang meaning "Lampung" (of uncertain etymology). This is the name of an Indonesian province in southern Sumatra.