kuala

Compare Malay kuala.

• IPA^(key): /kuala/, /kwala/
• Hyphenation: ku‧a‧la, kua‧la

kuala

1. synonym of muara (“river mouth”)

Inherited from Malay kuala (“confluence”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kuˈala/ [kuˈa.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: ku‧a‧la

kuala (plural kuala-kuala)

1. (geography) mouth, river mouth (the end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water)

   Synonym: muara

2. (geography) 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. (geography) confluence

• “kuala”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

kuala

1. frog

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• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /kua.lə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kua.la/
• Rhymes: -alə, -lə, -ə

kuala (Jawi spelling کوالا, plural kuala-kuala or kuala²)

1. (geography) confluence (point where two rivers or streams meet)

(toponyms):

• Indonesian: kuala

• "kuala" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• “kuala”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN