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Kapit, the Glossary

Kapit is a town and the capital of Kapit District in Kapit Division, Sarawak, Malaysia on the south bank of the Rajang River.^[1]

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38 relations: Amber, Balleh River, Bidayuh, Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Vyner Brooke, Chinese language, Cobbold Commission, Fort Sylvia, Fuzhou, Hakka people, Hokkien, Hoklo people, Iban people, Japanese occupation of British Borneo, Jugah Barieng, Kapit District, Kapit Division, Kayan people (Borneo), Kenyah people, Larry Sng, List of sovereign states, Longhouse, Malays (ethnic group), Malaysia, Melanau people, Orang Ulu, Rajang River, Rattan, Rough Guides, Sarawak, Sibu, Simplified Chinese characters, Song, Malaysia, States and federal territories of Malaysia, Sylvia Brett, Tor tambroides, Tropical rainforest climate, World War II.
Kapit District
Towns in Sarawak

Amber

Amber is fossilized tree resin.

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Balleh River

Balleh River (Sungai Balleh) is a river in Sarawak, Malaysia.

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Bidayuh is the collective name for several indigenous groups found in southern Sarawak, Malaysia and northern West Kalimantan, Indonesia, on the island of Borneo, which are broadly similar in language and culture (see also issues below).

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Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak

Sir Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, GCMG (Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke; 3 June 1829 – 17 May 1917), born Charles Anthoni Johnson, ruled as the head of state of Raj of Sarawak from 3 August 1868 until his death.

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Charles Vyner Brooke

Sir Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, GCMG, full name Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke (26 September 1874 – 9 May 1963) was the third and last White Rajah of the Raj of Sarawak.

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Chinese language

Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.

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Cobbold Commission

The Cobbold Commission, was a Commission of Enquiry set up to determine whether the people of North Borneo (now Sabah) and Sarawak supported the proposal to create the Federation of Malaysia consisting of Malaya, Brunei, Singapore, North Borneo, and Sarawak.

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Fort Sylvia

The Fort Sylvia (Kubu Sylvia) is a historical fort in Kapit, Sarawak, Malaysia. Kapit and fort Sylvia are Kapit District.

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Fuzhou

Fuzhou is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China.

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Hakka people

The Hakka, sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China and who speak a language that is closely related to Gan, a Han Chinese dialect spoken in Jiangxi province.

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Hokkien

Hokkien is a variety of the Southern Min languages, native to and originating from the Minnan region, in the southeastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China.

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Hoklo people

The Hoklo people are a Han Chinese subgroup who speak Hokkien, a Southern Min language, or trace their ancestry to southeastern Fujian in China, and known by various related terms such as Banlam people, Minnan people, or more commonly in Southeast Asia as the Hokkien people.

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Iban people

The Ibans or Sea Dayaks are an Austronesian ethnic group indigenous to northwestern Borneo.

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Japanese occupation of British Borneo

Before the outbreak of World War II in the Pacific, the island of Borneo was divided into five territories.

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Jugah Barieng

Jugah anak Barieng, also known as Tun Jugah, (1903 – 8 July 1981) was a Malaysian politician of Iban descent from the state of Sarawak.

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Kapit District

Kapit is a district, in Kapit Division, Sarawak, Malaysia.

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Kapit Division

Kapit Division, formed on 2 April 1973, is one of the twelve administrative divisions in Sarawak, Malaysia.

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Kayan people (Borneo)

Being an indigenous tribe in Borneo, the Kayan people are similar to their neighbours, the Kenyah tribe, with which they are grouped together with the Bahau people under the Apo Kayan people group.

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Kenyah people

The Kenyah people are an indigenous, Austronesian-speaking people of Borneo, living in interior North and East Kalimantan, Indonesia and Sarawak, Malaysia.

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Larry Sng

Datuk Larry Sng Wei Shien, is a Taiwanese-born Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Julau since May 2018.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Longhouse

A longhouse or long house is a type of long, proportionately narrow, single-room building for communal dwelling.

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Malays (ethnic group)

Malays (Orang Melayu, Jawi) are an Austronesian ethnoreligious group native to eastern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and coastal Borneo, as well as the smaller islands that lie between these locations.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.

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Melanau people

Melanau (Malay: Orang Melanau, Melanau: Tenawan Melanau) or A-Likou (meaning River people in Mukah dialect) is an ethnic group indigenous to Sarawak, Malaysia.

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Orang Ulu

Orang Ulu ("people of the interior" in Malay) is an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in northeastern Sarawak, Malaysia with populations ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons.

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Rajang River

The Rajang River (Batang Rajang) is a river in Sarawak, northwestern Borneo, Malaysia. The river originates in the Iran Mountains, flows through Kapit, and then towards the South China Sea. At approximately, the river is the seventh-longest in Borneo and the longest in Malaysia. Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Rattan

Rattan, also spelled ratan (from Malay: rotan), is the name for roughly 600 species of Old World climbing palms belonging to subfamily Calamoideae.

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Rough Guides

Founded in 1982, Rough Guides Ltd is a British publisher of print and digital guide book, phrasebooks and inspirational travel reference books, and a provider of personalised trips.

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Sarawak

Sarawak is a state of Malaysia.

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Sibu

Sibu is a landlocked city located in the central region of Sarawak, Malaysia. Kapit and Sibu are towns in Sarawak.

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Simplified Chinese characters

Simplified Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets widely used to write the Chinese language, with the other being traditional characters.

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Song, Malaysia

Song (Pekan Song) is a town, and the capital of the Song District (3,935.2 square kilometers) in Kapit Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. Kapit and Song, Malaysia are towns in Sarawak.

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States and federal territories of Malaysia

The states and federal territories of Malaysia are the principal administrative divisions of Malaysia.

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Sylvia Brett

Sylvia Leonora, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak (born The Hon. Sylvia Leonora Brett, 25 February 1885 – 11 November 1971), was an English aristocrat who became the consort to Sir Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, the last of the White Rajahs.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapit

Kapit, the Glossary

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See also

Kapit District

Towns in Sarawak

References