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MALAYA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The region of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula; shares a land border with Thailand to the north
Synonyms:
Malaya; Peninsular Malaysia; West Malaysia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)
Meronyms (parts of "Malaya"):
Kuala Lumpur (the largest city and former capital of Malaysia until 2005)
Malacca (the third smallest Malaysian state; located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula)
Penang (the second smallest Malaysian state; located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia)
Perlis (the smallest Malaysian state; located at the northern part of the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia)
Negeri Sembilan (one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia; located on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia)
Terengganu (sultanate and one of the 13 states of the Federation of Malaysia)
Selangor; Perak; Pahang; Kelantan; Kedah; Johor; Johore (sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia)
Domain member region:
godown ((in India and Malaysia) a warehouse)
Holonyms ("Malaya" is a part of...):
Federation of Malaysia; Malaysia (a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957)
Malay Peninsula (a peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar)
