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Sandakan.

The capital city of Sandakan district, Sabah, Malaysia.

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  1. The capital city of Sandakan district, Sabah, Malaysia.

  2. A district of Sabah, Malaysia

  3. A division of Sabah, Malaysia

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Malay Sandakan, from Tausug sanda' (“to pawn”) + -kan. Literally, “the place that was pawned”.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.