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 Interesting names of Malaysian cities in Chinese

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JimbeamofNRT
post Sep 8 2022, 08:55 AM

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QUOTE(Mr Mercedes @ Sep 7 2022, 01:29 PM)
Any /ktards know the history behind the names of these places?

Sri Petaling=大城堡
Bukit Mertajam= 大山脚
Taman Bukit Permai= 小云顶
JB= 新山
Sermban= 芙蓉
Penang Mainland=北海
Kampung Cempaka= 大港
Damansara=白沙罗

These places don't have names where their pinyin match their BM/ English names. For example:

Kepong= 甲洞
PJ =八打灵
Melaka=马六甲
Kuantan= 关丹
ipoh=怡保
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chiulai = cheras
JimbeamofNRT
post Sep 8 2022, 09:09 AM

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QUOTE(accordvtec @ Sep 8 2022, 08:53 AM)
tmn castlefield still there, but reduced to become a very very small taman only. quite hidden as well and afaik, only accessible via sg besi highway toward kl right after petron.
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QUOTE(el_buho @ Sep 8 2022, 08:39 AM)
大城堡area used to be part of Castlefield Plantation during the British colonial times .. Not sure if this is the origin of this 大城堡name.
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QUOTE(samftrmd @ Sep 8 2022, 07:51 AM)
Ayam 大城堡.
But no Castle here.
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Castlefield Estate was a huge plantation estate back then. Stretched from Pusat Bandar Puchong towards Sri Petaling

Petaling Garden Development later bought part of the land and developed the estate into Seri Petaling in stages.

The name Seri Petaling derived from the name of the development company, which also developed the township of Petaling Jaya.

Tai Seng Poh meant Big Castle

This post has been edited by JimbeamofNRT: Sep 8 2022, 09:15 AM
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