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Penang Hill

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Penang Hill is a hill resort comprising a group of peaks on Penang Island, Malaysia. [1]

26 relations: Air Itam, Bengkulu, Chinese language, Dipterocarpaceae, Endemism, Francis Light, Funicular, George Town, Penang, Hill Railway Station Road, Hill station, Jerejak Island, Litter (vehicle), Maingaya, Malaria, Malay language, Malaysia, Malaysian Tamil, Penal labour, Penang, Penang Botanic Gardens, Penang Hill Railway, Penang Island, Straits dollar, Sumatra, Tree fern, World War II.

Air Itam

Air Itam (also spelt as Ayer Itam) is a suburb of George Town in Penang, Malaysia.

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Bengkulu

Bengkulu, historically known as Bencoolen or British Bencoolen, is one of the Provinces of Indonesia and is located in the southwest coast of Sumatra.

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Chinese language

Chinese is a group of related, but in many cases mutually unintelligible, language varieties, forming a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.

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Dipterocarpaceae

Dipterocarpaceae are a family of 16 genera and approximately 695 known species of mainly tropical lowland rainforest trees.

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Endemism

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Francis Light

Captain Francis Light (15 December 174021October1794)The date on his tombstone in the Northam Road cemetery says he died on 21 October 1794, but an official despatch sent by Philip Mannington, Light's successor, shows Francis Light as having died on "25 October 1794".

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Funicular

A funicular is one of the modes of transport, along with a cable railway and an inclined elevator, which uses a cable traction for movement on a steep slope.

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George Town, Penang

George Town, the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang, is located at the northeastern tip of Penang Island.

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Hill Railway Station Road

Hill Railway Station Road is a road within the suburb of Air Itam near George Town in Penang, Malaysia.

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Hill station

A hill station is a town located at a higher elevation than the nearby plain or valley.

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Jerejak Island

Jerejak Island is an islet off the eastern coast of Penang Island in the State of Penang, Malaysia.

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Litter (vehicle)

The litter is a class of wheelless vehicles, a type of human-powered transport, for the transport of persons.

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Maingaya

Maingaya is a monotypic genus of plant containing the sole species Maingaya malayana.

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Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease affecting humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans (a group of single-celled microorganisms) belonging to the Plasmodium type.

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Malay language

Malay (Bahasa Melayu بهاس ملايو) is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia.

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Malaysian Tamil

Malaysian Tamil (Tamil), also known as Malaya Tamil, is a local variant of Tamil Language spoken in Malaysia.

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Penal labour

Penal labour is a generic term for various kinds of unfree labour which prisoners are required to perform, typically manual labour.

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Penang

Penang is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait.

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Penang Botanic Gardens

The Penang Botanic Gardens, (Malay: Taman Kebun Bunga;Tamil:பினாங்கு தாவரவியல் பூங்கா,Piṉāṅku Tāvaraviyal pūṅkā) also known as the "Waterfall Gardens" because of the cascading waterfall nearby, is a public park situated on Jalan Air Terjun (Waterfall Road) in George Town, Penang, Malaysia.

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Penang Hill Railway

The Penang Hill Railway is a one section funicular railway which climbs the Penang Hill from Air Itam, near George Town on the island of Penang in Malaysia.

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Penang Island

Penang Island is the main constituent island of the Malaysian state of Penang.

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Straits dollar

The Straits dollar was the currency of the Straits Settlements from 1898 until 1939.

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Sumatra

Sumatra is an Indonesian island in Southeast Asia that is part of the Sunda Islands.

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Tree fern

The tree ferns are the ferns that grow with a trunk elevating the fronds above ground level.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

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

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