明古鲁市

明古魯市

Mínggǔlǔshì

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Meanings

1 Bengkulu, capital of Bengkulu Province on the southwest coast of Sumatra, Indonesia

Characters

bright (transliteration)

ancient (transliteration)

(transliteration syllable)

Examples

明古鲁市位于苏门答腊岛西南海岸。

Mínggǔlǔ shì wèiyú Sūméndálà dǎo xīnán hǎi'àn.

Bengkulu is on the southwestern coast of Sumatra.

苏加诺曾被荷兰人流放到明古鲁。

Sūjiānuò céng bèi Hélán rén liúfàng dào Mínggǔlǔ.

Sukarno was once exiled to Bengkulu by the Dutch.

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history

Originally a British East India Company outpost called Bencoolen (1685–1824); Britain traded it to the Dutch for Malacca in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824. Indonesian president-to-be Sukarno was exiled here from 1938 to 1942.

Stroke Order

明 míng

古 gǔ

鲁 Lǔ

市 shì