Pangkalpinang

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay Pangkal Pinang, from compound of pengkal (“base”) and pinang (“betel nut, Areca catechu”).

Proper noun

Pangkalpinang

Pangkal Pinang (a city, the provincial capital of the Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia)

Further reading

Kota Pangkalpinang on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id
“Pangkalpinang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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