Malaya en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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- /məˈleɪ.ə/
Etymology
From Malay + -ia, Latinization of Malay. Compare English Malaysia.
Meanings
- (historical) A peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia constituting the southern part of the Malay Peninsula and several nearby islands, currently forming the western part of Malaysia; now known as West Malaysia or Peninsular Malaysia.
- (historical) A group of former British colonies and protectorates in Southeast Asia, existing on the southern part of the Malay Peninsula from 1826 to 1957, excepting the period of Japanese occupation during World War II; in full, British Malaya.
- (historical) A former colony and later a former independent country in Southeast Asia, existing on the southern part of the Malay Peninsula from 1948 to 1963; independent from 1957 and merged in 1963 with the territories of East Malaysia, forming modern Malaysia; in full, Federation of Malaya.
Deriveds
States of Malaya · Malaysia · Federation of Malaya · British Malaya · Indomalaya · Malayan Union · Malayan
Translations (9)
hi मलय (the Malay Peninsula) · mrw Malaya (the Malay Peninsula) · ru Мала́йя (the Malay Peninsula) · af Maleia (the Malay Peninsula) · ga Leithinis Mhalae (the Malay Peninsula) · cmn 馬來亞 /马来亚 (the Malay Peninsula) · ms Tanah Melayu (the Malay Peninsula) · ga an Malae (the Malay Peninsula) · ca Malaia (the Malay Peninsula)