Penang
/pɪˈnæŋ/(亦作Pinang)
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- an island of Malaysia, situated off the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. In 1786 it was ceded to the East India Company as a British colony by the sultan of Kedah. Known as Prince of Wales Island until 1867, it united with Malacca and Singapore in a union of 1826, which in 1867 became the British colony called the Straits Settlements. It joined the federation of Malaya in 1948.槟榔屿（马来西亚的一个岛屿, 位于马来半岛西海岸附近, 1786年被吉打州苏丹割让给东印度公司作为英国的殖民地, 1867年前称威尔士亲王岛, 1826年与马六甲和新加坡合并, 1867年成为英国殖民地, 称为英属海峡殖民地, 1948年加入马来亚联邦）。
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- a state of Malaysia, consisting of this island and a coastal strip on the mainland; capital, George Town (on Penang island). The mainland strip was united with the island in 1798 as part of the British colony.槟榔屿州（马来西亚的一个州, 由槟榔屿岛和大陆上的一个海岸带组成, 首府乔治市［位于槟榔屿岛上］; 大陆上的地带于1798年合并为槟榔屿英属殖民地的一部分）。