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The English Wiktionary has a dictionary definition (meanings of a word) for: malay
Malay has several meanings:
People and language[change | change source]
- 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- Malay race, an outdated proposed racial category corresponding to the linguistic group of Austronesian people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[change | change source]
- 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[change | change source]
- 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[change | change source]
- Malayan tiger, a subspecies of tiger
- Malayan tapir, a subspecies of tapir
- Malayan gharial, a species of reptile
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