johor

1. 1.

   sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia

   SynonymsJohore

   BroaderMalaysian state

   Part ofWest Malaysia

Other forms of johor

plural

johors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about johor

What does johor mean?

johor means "sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia".

How many syllables are in johor?

johor has 2 syllables: jo-hor. The stress falls on "jo".

What is another word for johor?

Close synonyms include Johore. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is johor a common word?

johor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.