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malaya
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun malaya has 1 sense
- malaya(n = noun.location) malaysia - a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957; Array is a member of asean, association of southeast asian nations
is a kind of asian country, asian nation
is a part of indochina, indochinese peninsula
has parts: capital of malaysia, putrajaya, east malaysia, west malaysia
CIDE DICTIONARY
malaya, prop. n.
Formerly, an Asian country on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula, now part of Malaysia . [WordNet 1.5]
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