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Tanjung Rambutan

The English word “Tanjung Rambutan” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. the Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, formerly known as the Tanjung Rambutan Asylum, a psychiatric hospital.
  2. (used to refer to mental illness)

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Tanjung Rambutan. Sense 3 refers to the notorious reputation of the psychiatric hospital located there as associated with people with mental illnesses.

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