Meaning of MALAY
| Pronunciation: | | 'meyley
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | Malayan, Malayan |
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| | 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 | |
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\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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