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MALACCA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cane made from the stem of a rattan palm
Synonyms:
malacca; malacca cane
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("malacca" is a kind of...):
cane (a stick that people can lean on to help them walk)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The third smallest Malaysian state; located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Malaysian state (one of the several states constituting Malaysia)
Holonyms ("Malacca" is a part of...):
Malaya; Peninsular Malaysia; West Malaysia (the region of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula; shares a land border with Thailand to the north)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("malacca" is a kind of...):
cane (a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane)
Holonyms ("malacca" is a part of...):
Calamus rotang; rattan; rattan palm (climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes)
