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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(countable) A female vampiric ghost in Malaysian and Indonesian mythology, said to be the spirit of a woman who died while pregnant..
One of the most fearsome creatures of Malay folklore is the pontianak.
Use pontianak when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pontianak means (countable) A female vampiric ghost in Malaysian and Indonesian mythology, said to be the spirit of a woman who died while pregnant..
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One of the most fearsome creatures of Malay folklore is the pontianak.
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