1. [n]  a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
2. [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"
3. [adj]  of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; "Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers"; "Malayan crocodiles"

MALAYAN is a 7 letter word that starts with M.