page_title: List of streets in George Town, Penang
section_title: Standard translations
hierarchical_section_title: List of streets in George Town, Penang / Standard translations
caption_attribution_description: Image of the former Hongkong &amp; Shanghai Bank building (today HSBC Bank) in the middle, the former The Netherlands Trading Society (today ABN-Amro House) in the back, at Beach Street in George Town, Penang.
context_page_description: The street names of George Town reflect the multicultural heritage of the city, the capital of the former British settlement of Penang, now part of Malaysia.
  Most streets in the city were built and named during the colonial era, and the historic English names generally remain and are still used by most Penangites. Since the passage of the National Language Act 1967, government policy has been to use the Malay language for all official purposes, and the Malay translations of the street names are the primary official versions that are used on street signs, now supplemented with names in English.
context_section_description: In translating the English words for street, road, lane, etc., the city authorities follow a fairly regular system to avoid confusion between many streets of similar names. There are exceptions to this rule where the historic Malay usage is different and there is no chance of confusion, e.g. Hutton Lane has always been known as Jalan Hutton (see e.g. the Mesjid Jalan Hatin (mosque) there) rather than *Lorong Hutton.
  Avenue - Lebuhraya (e.g. Peel Avenue/Lebuhraya Peel; context usually prevents confusion with the normal meaning of lebuhraya, viz. highway/expressway)
  Circus - Lilitan (e.g. Hargreaves Circus/Lilitan Hargreaves)
  Close - Solok (e.g. Scott Close/Solok Scott)
  Court - Halaman (e.g. Cantonment Court/Halaman Cantonment)
  Crescent - Lengkok (e.g. Jesselton Crescent/Lengkok Jesselton)
  Cross - Lintang (e.g. Burmah Cross/Lintang Burma)
  Drive - Persiaran (e.g. Gurney Drive/Pesiaran Gurney)
  Gardens - Taman (e.g. Western Gardens/Taman Western)
  Lane - Lorong (e.g. Prangin Lane/Lorong Perangin)
  Place - Pesara (e.g. Claimant Place/Pesara Claimant)
  Quay - Pengkalan (e.g. Weld Quay/Pengkalan Weld)
  Road - Jalan (e.g. Perak Road/Jalan Perak)
  Square - Medan (e.g. College Square/Medan Maktab; also used for some new square-shaped roads that are not open squares, e.g. York Square/Medan York)
  Street - Lebuh (e.g. Campbell Street/Lebuh Campbell)
  Street Ghaut - Gat Lebuh (e.g. China Street Ghaut/Gat Lebuh China)
  Terrace - Tingkat (e.g. Erskine Terrace/Tingkat Erskine)
  The word "Ghaut" at the end of some street names reflects the fact that they are extensions of the original streets beyond the original waterfront at Beach St with the reclamation of the Ghauts and the construction of Weld Quay, ghat being a Hindi and Bengali word meaning a flight of steps leading down to a body of water.
caption: The remaining wing of the old Penang Secretariat on Beach Street
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