English Explanatory Dictionary

Sandakan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The capital city of Sandakan district, Sabah, Malaysia.
  2. A district of Sabah, Malaysia

Word forms

Sandakan

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Sandakan, from Tausug sanda' (“to pawn”) + -kan. Literally, “the place that was pawned”.

Translations

Mandarin: 山打根 Japanese: サンダカン Malay: Sandakan
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