Peranakan

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Malay peranakan. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəɹanəˈkan/, /pəɹanəˈkɑːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /pəɹænəˈkæn/ (Singapore) IPA(key): /pəˈɹɑːnəkɑːn/, /-ɑkɑːn/ === Noun === Peranakan (plural Peranakans or Peranakan) (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) A descendant of the 15th- through 17th-century Chinese immigrants to the Malay Peninsula and Nusantara (Indonesian Archipelago), now part of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Southern Thailand). Synonym: Nanyang ==== Hyponyms ==== Baba (male) Nyonya (female) ==== Coordinate terms ==== singkek totok ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== Sangley Chinese mestizo / Mestizo de Sangley mestizo / mestiza