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Malay

Malay Meaning & Definition
Malay Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Malay?

[n] a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
[n] a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
[adj] of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the N Malay Peninsula and parts of the W Malay Archipelago; "Malay peoples"; "Malayan syllable structure"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Malay: Malayan | Malayan

Related Terms | Find terms related to Malay:

See Also | Asian | Asiatic | Bahasa | Bahasa Indonesia | Bahasa Kebangsaan | Bahasa Malaysia | Bahasa Melayu | East Indies | Indonesian | Malay Archipelago | Malay Peninsula | Malaya | Malaysia | Malaysian | Western Malayo-Polynesian

Malay In Webster's Dictionary

\Ma*lay"\, n. One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.
\Ma*lay"\, Malayan \Ma*lay"an\, a. Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. -- n. The Malay language. {Malay apple} (Bot.), a myrtaceous tree ({Eugenia Malaccensis}) common in India; also, its applelike fruit.

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