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Malayan
Ma·lay M0056700 (mə-lā′, mā′lā′)n.1. A member of a people inhabiting the Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago.2. The Austronesian language of the Malays. Also called Bahasa Melayu.adj.1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Malays or their language.2. Of or relating to Malaysia, the Malay Peninsula, or the Malay Archipelago.
[Obsolete Dutch Malayo, from Malay Melayu.]
Ma·lay′an (mə-lā′ən) adj. & n.Malayan (məˈleɪən) adj (Placename) of or relating to Malaya or its inhabitantsn (Placename) a native or inhabitant of MalayaMa•lay•an (məˈleɪ ən)
adj. 1. of or pertaining to Malays, the Malay Peninsula, or the Malay Archipelago. n. 2. Malay. 3. any native or inhabitant of the Malay states or the Federation of Malaya. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Malayan - a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay ArchipelagoMalayEast India, East Indies, Malay Archipelago - a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and AustraliaMalaya, Malaysia - a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957Malay Peninsula - a peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and MyanmarAsian, Asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia | | Adj. | 1. |  Malayan - of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; "Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers"; "Malayan crocodiles"Malaysian | | 2. |  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"Malay |
TranslationsMalayan
Malayan (məlā`ən) or Malay (mā`lā), general term for one of a population of persons inhabiting SE Asia and the adjacent islands. The Malays vary greatly in physical appearance. The term Indonesian, used as an alternative for Malayan, is sometimes applied to the people of interior districts, who are thought to be related to the Pygmies or Negritos (probably the earlier inhabitants of the region). In the coastal districts there has been intermixture with the Arabs, the Chinese, the Indians, and the Thais. Scores of languages or dialects are spoken; they form a group of the Malayo-Polynesian languagesMalayo-Polynesian languages
, sometimes also called Austronesian languages
, family of languages estimated at from 300 to 500 tongues and understood by approximately 300 million people in Madagascar; the Malay Peninsula; Indonesia and New Guinea; the Philippines;
..... Click the link for more information. . Among anthropologists the term Malayan is used exclusively to describe an inhabitant of the Malayan Peninsula.Malayan
Malayan pertaining to the biogeographical subregion formed by Malaysia and Indonesia, west of WALLACE'S LINE.Malayan
Related to Malayan: Malayan tapir, Malayan raceSynonyms for Malayannoun a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay ArchipelagoSynonymsRelated Words- East India
- East Indies
- Malay Archipelago
- Malaya
- Malaysia
- Malay Peninsula
- Asian
- Asiatic
adj of or relating to or characteristic of MalaysiaSynonymsadj of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay ArchipelagoSynonyms |