Malay

The English Wiktionary has a dictionary definition (meanings of a word) for: malay

Malay has several meanings:

People and language

• Malays, ethnic group mainly live in Sumatra, Riau islands, Borneo, and Malacca peninsula
• Malayali, ethnic group predominantly live in India
• Malay language, the language of the Malays; spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia
• Malayalam language, the language of the Malayali
• Indonesian language, the official language form that used as the basis of Standard Malay language
• Old Malay language, the ancestor of the Malay language
• Malay race, an outdated proposed racial category corresponding to the linguistic group of Austronesian people

Geography

• Malay Archipelago, an umbrella term used for Indonesian Archipelago and Philippines Archipelago, located between mainland Southeast Asia and Australia
• Malay Land, a term used for the region where the Malays inhabit; initially refers spesifically to Sumatra island, but nowadays including the surrounding areas of Sumatra as well
• Malay Peninsula, a peninsula in Southeast Asia
• Several communes in France:
  • Malay, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire département
  • Malay-le-Grand, in the Yonne département
  • Malay-le-Petit, in the Yonne département

Politics and history

• Malaysia, the modern country
• Malay states, the nine states of Malaysia that have hereditary rulers
• Malay Kingdom, a kingdom centered in Jambi (in the eastern hemisphere of Sumatra) that was part of the Srivijaya empire

Animals

• Malayan tiger, a subspecies of tiger
• Malayan tapir, a subspecies of tapir
• Malayan gharial, a species of reptile

Related pages

• Malaya (disambiguation)