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padang

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

The capital and largest city of West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Malaysian grassland

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History

Etymology

From Indonesian Padang, from Malay padang (“uncultivated field”).

From Malay padang.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Acehnese: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Afrikaans: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Arabic: بادان (bādān) — city in Indonesia
  • Balinese: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Belarusian: Паданг (Padanh) — city in Indonesia
  • Bengali: পাডাং (paḍaṅ) — city in Indonesia
  • Bulgarian: Паданг (Padang) — city in Indonesia
  • Chinese Cantonese: 巴東 /巴东 — city in Indonesia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巴東 /巴东 (Bādōng) — city in Indonesia
  • Czech: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Dutch: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Finnish: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • French: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • German: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Gorontalo: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Greek: Πάντανγκ (Pántangk) — city in Indonesia
  • Hungarian: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Indonesian: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Italian: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Japanese: パダン — city in Indonesia
  • Javanese: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Korean: 파당 (padang) — city in Indonesia
  • Madurese: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Malay: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Malayalam: പഡാങ് (paḍāṅŭ) — city in Indonesia
  • Marathi: पादांग (pādāṅga) — city in Indonesia
  • Minangkabau: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Nias: Wada — city in Indonesia
  • Persian: پادنگ — city in Indonesia
  • Polish: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Romanian: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Russian: Паданг (Padang) — city in Indonesia
  • Spanish: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Sundanese: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Swedish: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Tamil: படாங் (paṭāṅ) — city in Indonesia
  • Thai: ปาดัง — city in Indonesia
  • Turkish: Padang — city in Indonesia
  • Ukrainian: Паданґ (Padang) — city in Indonesia
  • Urdu: پادانگ — city in Indonesia
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