malayan
Noun · AdjectiveUS[muh-ley-uhn]/məˈleɪən/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay ArchipelagoSynonyms: MalayType of Asian, AsiaticMember of The Malay Archipelago, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula
Adjective (2)
- of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia“Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers”“Malayan crocodiles”Synonyms: MalaysianRelating to Federation of Malaysia
- 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”Synonyms: MalayRelating to Malay
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ma·lay′, Ma·lay′an prop. a.
Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. — noun The Malay language.
Malay apple Botany, a myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Malaccensis) common in India; also, its applelike fruit.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54