English Explanatory Dictionary

Tanjung Rambutan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town in Kinta district, Perak, Malaysia.
  2. the Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, formerly known as the Tanjung Rambutan Asylum, a psychiatric hospital.
  3. (used to refer to mental illness)

Word forms

Tanjung Rambutan

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Tanjung Rambutan. Sense 3 refers to the notorious reputation of the psychiatric hospital located there as associated with people with mental illnesses.

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