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MALAYAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago

Synonyms:

Malay; Malayan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Malayan" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Holonyms ("Malayan" is a member of...):

East India; East Indies; Malay Archipelago (a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia)

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)

Derivation:

Malayan (of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago

Example:

Malayan syllable structure

Synonyms:

Malay; Malayan

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Malay (a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago)

Derivation:

Malayan (a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago)

Malaysia (a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia

Example:

Malayan crocodiles

Synonyms:

Malayan; Malaysian

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Malaya (the region of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula; shares a land border with Thailand to the north)

Derivation:

Malaysia (a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957)

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