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Johore Bahru

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Jo·hor Ba·ha·ru  (j-hôr b-här, j-hr) also Jo·hore Bah·ru (bär)
A city of Malaysia on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula opposite Singapore Island. The city is connected with Singapore by a causeway across the narrow Johore Strait. Population: 384,000.
Johore Bahru [ˈbɑːruː]
n
(Placename) a city in S Malaysia, capital of Johore state: important trading centre, situated at the sole crossing point of Johore Strait (between Malaya and Singapore Island). Pop.: 328 646 (1991)


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The next morning, to the haunting sound of bagpipes, the last defenders of Malaysia -- the tattered remnants of the proud Argyll battalion -- crossed Johore Bahru, the channel separating Singapore from the mainland.
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