Peranakan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A descendant of the 15th- through 17th-century Chinese immigrants to the Malay Peninsula and Nusantara (Indonesian Archipelago), now part of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Southern Thailand).

/pəɹanəˈkan/ /pəɹanəˈkɑːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Peranakan.wav /pəɹænəˈkæn/ /pəˈɹɑːnəkɑːn/ /-ɑkɑːn/

Peranakan Peranakans

Unadapted borrowing from Malay peranakan.

Nanyang

Sangley Chinese mestizo Mestizo de Sangley mestizo mestiza

Peranakan Indonesian

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