Sarawak

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Submitted Name

Type Political Subdivision
Usage Malay, Indonesian, Acehnese, Banjar, Javanese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Urdu
Scripts سراوق‎(Malay Jawi) 사라왁(Korean Hangul) ساراواک(Persian) ซาราวัก(Thai) سراواک(Urdu)
Pronounced Pron. sa-RA-wa(Malay)
 SA-rə-wak(English)
 SAH-rə-wak(English)
 SA-RA-WAK(French, Korean)
 sa-ra-WAK(Spanish, Thai)
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Meaning & History

Probably from Sarawak Malay serawak or serewa meaning "antimony". This is the name of a state in eastern Malaysia.