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- noun Malaysia A local
chief orgovernor in some Malaysianstates .
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Examples
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Badan Warisan arranged a performance by a group from Kedah and it was held in the space underneath the "rumah penghulu": the beautifully restored Malay house.
Archive 2005-06-01 Sharon Bakar 2005
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Badan Warisan arranged a performance by a group from Kedah and it was held in the space underneath the "rumah penghulu": the beautifully restored Malay house.
Shakespeare in the Shadows Sharon Bakar 2005
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The president also proved to be an eager learner when he joined the penghulu mukim in a Malay dance.
Brudirect News1 Ubaidillah Masli 2010
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President Rahmon said that he found it interesting when the penghulu shared that he had 11 children and 44 grandchildren.
Brudirect News1 Ubaidillah Masli 2010
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President Rahmon said that he found it interesting when the penghulu shared that he had 11 children and 44 grandchildren.
Brudirect News1 Ubaidillah Masli 2010
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President Rahmon said that he found it interesting when the penghulu shared that he had 11 children and 44 grandchildren.
Brudirect News1 Ubaidillah Masli 2010
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Awang Haji Muhammad Suffian bin Hj Bungsu, the Acting Tutong District Officer in another speech stressed to all the penghulu mukims and village heads to pass on the message of saving energy to villagers to support the cause.
Brudirect News1 2010
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The president also proved to be an eager learner when he joined the penghulu mukim in a Malay dance.
Brudirect News1 Ubaidillah Masli 2010
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In Sarawak, the post of Temenggong is the highest ranked community leader in the local administration system, followed by pemanca, penghulu and tribal leader.
BERSIH 2010
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President Rahmon stopped by at the home of Pengarah Hj Mokti Md Salleh, the penghulu of Mukim Tamoi (Tamoi subdistrict head).
Brudirect News1 Ubaidillah Masli 2010
vanishedone commented on the word penghulu
In early drafts of At the Mountains of Madness, Lovecraft planned...
Okay, it's actually a word for chief from Malaysia and Indonesia.
February 1, 2009
yarb commented on the word penghulu
Ha ha! Old H.P. and his giant albino penguins...
February 1, 2009
bilby commented on the word penghulu
Can also be a religious leader in Malay/Indonesia. As VO notes, more commonly used to refer to the (elected) head of a village.
February 1, 2009