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kuala

Pronunciation: /kuˈala/

“kuala” is an Indonesian word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. mouth, river mouth (the end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water)
  2. estuary (a coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone; an ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water)
  3. confluence

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kuala (“confluence”).

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