Brunei
bru·nei
noun
1.
a sultanate in northwestern Borneo; became independent of Great Britain in 1984
Origin
From Malay Brunei, probably ultimately from Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa), which also referred to the island of Borneo (a likely cognate to Brunei).
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