malayan

Noun

Ma=lay=an

WORDNET DICTIONARY

malayan(n = noun.person) malay - a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago; Array

is a member of east india, east indies, malay archipelago, malaya, malaysia, malay peninsula

is a kind of asian, asiatic

Derived form adjective malayan₂

malayan(a = adj.pert) malaysian - of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; "Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers"; "Malayan crocodiles"

Derived form noun malaysia₁

malayan(a = adj.pert) malay - 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; "Malay peoples"; "Malayan syllable structure"

Derived forms noun malayan₁, noun malaysia₁

malayan, prop. a.

Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. [1913 Webster]

Malay apple (Bot.), a myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Malaccensis) common in India; also, its applelike fruit.

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