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Definition of 'malayan'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) Malayan
of or pertaining to Malays, the Malay Peninsula, or the Malay Archipelago.

2. (n.) Malayan
any native or inhabitant of the Malay states or the Federation of Malaya.

Definition of 'malayan'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) Malay, Malayan
a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago

2. (adj) Malaysian, Malayan
of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia
"Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers"; "Malayan crocodiles"

3. (adj) Malay, Malayan
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"

Definition of 'malayan'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) malayan
of or pertaining to the Malays or their country

2. (noun) malayan
the Malay language

'malayan' - Nearby Entries
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