Surau
A surau is an Islamic assembly building, originating in West Sumatra and later becoming common and institutionalised in Malaysia, and found throughout Singapore and Thailand.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of 167 metres (548 feet)
- Description: Muslim prayer room
Surau
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Latitude
-4.06581° or 4° 3′ 57″ south
Longitude
103.85857° or 103° 51′ 31″ east
Open location code
6P75WVM5+MC
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Surau” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سوراو”
- Bengali: “সুরাও”
- Chinese: “祈祷室”
- Chinese: “祈禱室”
- Chinese: “蘇勞”
- German: “Surau”
- Indonesian: “surau”
- Indonesian: “Surau”
- Madurese: “Surau”
- Malay: “balai saf”
- Malay: “langgar”
- Malay: “surau”
- Malay: “Surau”
- Malay: “بالاي صف”
- Malay: “سوراو”
- Malay: “لڠݢر”
- Minangkabau: “Surau”
- Portuguese: “Surau”
- Sundanese: “tajug”
- Sundanese: “Tajug”
- Thai: “สุเหร่า”
- Urdu: “سوراؤ”
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