brunei

UK/bɹuːˈnaɪ/US/bɹuˈnaɪ/

nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Brunei is a tiny oil-rich sultanate on the island of Borneo. The rainforest of Brunei.

It is split in two by a strip of Malaysia and has no income tax at all. Most of Brunei is still rainforest, which is unusual for that island now.

Definitions of brunei

1nounbruneiTiny oil-rich sultanate on the island of Borneo.C1
“Brunei has been ruled by the same family for six centuries.”

brunei is a country.

Brunei comes from Malay Brunei, probably ultimately from Sanskrit वरुण, which also referred to the island of Borneo (a likely cognate to Brunei).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

UK/bɹuːˈnaɪ/US/bɹuˈnaɪ/

nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Brunei is a tiny oil-rich sultanate on the island of Borneo. The rainforest of Brunei.

It is split in two by a strip of Malaysia and has no income tax at all. Most of Brunei is still rainforest, which is unusual for that island now.

1nounbruneiTiny oil-rich sultanate on the island of Borneo.C1
“Brunei has been ruled by the same family for six centuries.”

brunei is a country.

Brunei comes from Malay Brunei, probably ultimately from Sanskrit वरुण, which also referred to the island of Borneo (a likely cognate to Brunei).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA