[syn: Malay, Malayan]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Malay \Ma*lay"\, prop. n.
One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay
Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.
[1913 Webster] Malay
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):
Malay
adj 1: 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]
2: a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages