The street and place names of George Town, capital of Penang reflect the multicultural heritage of the island. The English and Malay names chosen by officialdom, reflecting the priorities of British and Malaysian rulers, are supplemented by a mostly unrelated and original set of road names in Penang Hokkien, the language of the majority of Penang's majority ethnic Chinese community. As the Hokkien names cited here are not official, and are based on an oral tradition, they may be out of date. For the derivation of the Hokkien names, see the reference links at the bottom of this article There are numerous places around the world named Georgetown. ... State motto: Bersatu dan Setia (United and Loyal), formerly Let Penang Lead Location in Malaysia Government Capital George Town (5. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Malay language, also known locally as Bahasa Melayu, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who reside in the Malay peninsula, southern Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, central eastern Sumatra, the Riau islands, and parts of the coast of Borneo. ... Penang Hokkien is a local variant of Min Nan (Southern Min) spoken in Penang, Malaysia. ... Han Chinese (Simplified: 汉; Traditional: 漢; Pinyin: hàn) is a term which refers to the majority ethnic group within China and the largest single human ethnic group in the world. ...

Since independence, there have been some changes to the official street names, which are noted in their Malay forms. On the whole, however, most street names in George Town are as they were when they were built. The word ghaut at the end of street names reflects the fact that they are extensions of the original streets beyond Beach Street when the waterfront was extended with the construction of Weld Quay, ghat being a Hindi word meaning a broad flight of steps leading down to a riverbank. Hindi (हिन्दी or हिंदी in Devanāgarī; pronunciation: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is one of the official languages of the Union government of India. ...

Street Names

This list is by no means exhaustive.

en:Cantonese (linguistics) ... The royal town of Kuala Kangsar (population 34,690) is a small town located at the mouth of the Kangsar River, where it flows into the Perak River in Perak, Malaysia. ... Madras refers to: the Indian city of Chennai, formerly known as Madras, the former Indian state, now known as Tamil Nadu (Plural of Madra): Ancient people of Iranian affinites, who lived in northwest Panjab in the Uttarapatha division of ancient India. ... Malays (Dutch, Malayo, ultimately from Malay: Melayu) are a diverse group of Austronesian peoples inhabiting the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia. ... Hainanese is a dialect of the Min Nan group spoken in the southern Chinese province of Hainan. ... State motto: Bersatu dan Setia (United and Loyal), formerly Let Penang Lead Location in Malaysia Government Capital George Town (5. ... State motto: no State motto Capital Ipoh Royal Capital Kuala Kangsar Sultan Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Chief Minister Dato Seri Diraja Tajol Rosli bin Mohd Ghazali Area 21,006 km² Population  - Est. ... The Right Honourable William Pitt, the Younger (28 May 1759–23 January 1806) was a British politician during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. ... State motto: no State motto Capital Seremban Royal Capital Seri Menanti Yang di-Pertuan Besar Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman Chief Minister YAB Dato Seri Utama Mohamad Haji Hasan Area 6,645 km2 Population  - Est. ... The Straits Settlements were a collection of territories of the British East India Company in Southeast Asia, which were given collective administration in 1826. ... British India (otherwise known as The British Raj) was a historical period during which most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, were under the colonial authority of the British Empire (Undivided India). ... The Secretary of State for the Colonies or Colonial Secretary was the British Cabinet official in charge of managing the various British colonies. ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Malayan Union was formed on April 1, 1946 by the British. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 January 1877, until her death in 1901. ...

Sources

• The Penang File [1] [2] [3] [4]