Malayan

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noun

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

• Syn: ↑Malay

• Derivationally related forms: ↑Malay (for: ↑Malay)

• Hypernyms: ↑Asian, ↑Asiatic

• Member Holonyms: ↑Malaysia, ↑Malaya, ↑Malay Peninsula, ↑Malay Archipelago, ↑East Indies, ↑East India

II

adjective

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia

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Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers

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Malayan crocodiles

• Syn: ↑Malaysian

• Pertains to noun: ↑Malaya, ↑Malaysia (for: ↑Malaysian)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑Malaysia, ↑Malaysian (for: ↑Malaysian), ↑Malaysia (for: ↑Malaysian)

2. 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

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Malay peoples

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Malayan syllable structure

• Syn: ↑Malay

• Pertains to noun: ↑Malay, ↑Malay (for: ↑Malay)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑Malaysia, ↑Malay (for: ↑Malay)