Malaysia [əˈleɪ ʒə, -ʃə]
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1. (n.) Malaysia
constitutional monarchy in SE Asia: a federation, comprising Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak . 21,376,066; 127,317 sq. mi. (329,759 sq. km).
Definition of 'Malaysia' Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun) Malaysia, Malaya
constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957
Definition of 'Malaysia' U.S. National Library of Medicine
1. Malaysia
democracy with a constitutional monarch in southeast Asia, consisting of 11 states (West Malaysia) on the Malay Peninsula and two states (East Malaysia) on the island of BORNEO . It is also called the Federation of Malaysia . Its capital is Kuala Lumpur. Before 1963 it was the Union of Malaya . It reorganized in 1948 as the Federation of Malaya, becoming independent from British Malaya in 1957 and becoming Malaysia in 1963 as a federation of Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore (which seceded in 1965). The form Malay- probably derives from the Tamil malay, mountain, with reference to its geography . (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p715 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p329)
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