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serang¹

Where it comes from

From Persian سرهنگ (sarhang, “commander”).

noun serangs

  1. India, historical A native Indian boatswain; a lascar captain. The discovery that the substance in his mouth was of vegetable origin came as no great reassurance to Zachary: once, when the serang spat a stream of blood-red juice over the rail, he noticed the water below coming alive with the thrashing of shark's fins.

Serang²

Where it comes from

From Indonesian Serang.

proper noun

  1. The provincial capital of Banten, Indonesia.
  2. alternative Alternative form of Seram (“island”).

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name city in Indonesia

中文西冷 xīlěng

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@misc{serang_2026,
  title = {serang},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/serang},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}