[syn: Malay, Malayan]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Malay \Ma*lay"\, Malayan \Ma*lay"an\, prop. a.
Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. -- n. The
Malay language.
[1913 Webster]
Malay apple (Bot.), a myrtaceous tree (Eugenia
Malaccensis) common in India; also, its applelike fruit.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Malayan
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia;
"Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers";
"Malayan crocodiles" [syn: Malaysian, Malayan]
2: 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" [syn: Malay, Malayan]
n 1: a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay
Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay
Archipelago [syn: Malay, Malayan]