English Explanatory Dictionary

Slim River

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town in the Mualim District, Perak, Malaysia.

Word forms

Slim River

Etymology

Named after a nearby river, Sungai (“river” in Malay) Slim, itself named in the 19th century after the English captain William Slim, who accidentally went up the river instead of the Perak River which was the main waterway back then.

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