Definitions

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  • proper noun Federal territory in western Malaysia.
  • proper noun Future national capital of Malaysia, located in the federal territory of the same name.

Etymologies

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From Malay Putrajaya; from Sanskrit पुत्र (putra) + जय (jayá).

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Examples

  • For this trip, we visited two masjids: Masjid Putra, which is located in Putrajaya, the administrative capital of Malaysia, and Masjid Blue (it's real name is Masjid Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, but everyone just calls it the Blue Mosque because the masjid has a blue and white color scheme).

    Free Wallpaper @ Firaushah.com JDsg 2006

  • For this trip, we visited two masjids: Masjid Putra, which is located in Putrajaya, the administrative capital of Malaysia, and Masjid Blue (it's real name is Masjid Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, but everyone just calls it the Blue Mosque because the masjid has a blue and white color scheme).

    Archive 2006-06-01 JDsg 2006

  • Currently a landscape architect in Putrajaya, he has just started up a production house with the aim of making his own movies.

    67 Jalan Tempinis 1 Strikes Again Sharon Bakar 2005

  • Currently a landscape architect in Putrajaya, he has just started up a production house with the aim of making his own movies.

    Archive 2005-06-01 Sharon Bakar 2005

  • - Source: Yoga encourages blasphemy, say Muslims, Niluksi Koswanage in Putrajaya, Malaysia, AAP (Australian Associated Press), via News. com.au, Nov. 22, 2008 — Summarized by Religion News Blog

    Yoga encourages blasphemy, say Muslims 2008

  • It would be good if other cities such as Putrajaya, Ipoh, Petaling Jaya, George Town, Miri and Kota Kinabalu join Kuala Lumpur in such an important event.

    BUUUUURRRRNING HOT Scott Thong 2010

  • It would be good if other cities such as Putrajaya, Ipoh, Petaling Jaya, George Town, Miri and Kota Kinabalu join Kuala Lumpur in such an important event.

    BUUUUURRRRNING HOT Scott Thong 2010

  • Needless to say, I was right: Penang announced its own version of Putrajaya a while back; and the word "Putrajaya" itself now seems synonymous with the ideal architecture of statehood, domes and all.

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2009

  • At left, Mr. Anwar was carried by his supporters outside the Palace of Justice courthouse in Putrajaya on Sept. 2, 2004.

    A Malaysian Life 2011

  • Designers visited and studied other capitals and government administrative centers, he said, including Malaysia's master-planned Putrajaya just south of Kuala Lumpur, which they concluded was too close to the big city, giving it too much traffic.

    Myanmar's Hidden Capital Comes Into View Patrick Barta 2011

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