penang

1. 1.

   the second smallest Malaysian state; located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia

   BroaderMalaysian state

   Part ofWest Malaysia

Other forms of penang

plural

penangs·

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 penang

What does penang mean?

penang means "the second smallest Malaysian state; located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia".

How many syllables are in penang?

penang has 2 syllables: pen-ang. The stress falls on "pen". In IPA it is /ˈpɛnæŋ/.

Is penang a common word?

penang is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.