Malay Peninsula

Malay Peninsula also Ma·la·ya  (m-l, m-)

A peninsula of southeast Asia comprising southwest Thailand, western Malaysia, and the island of Singapore.

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Malay Peninsula

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(Placename) a peninsula of SE Asia, extending south from the Isthmus of Kra in Thailand to Cape Tanjong Piai in Malaysia: consists of SW Thailand and the states of Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia) Ancient name Chersonesus Aurea [ˌkɜːsəˈniːsəs ˈɔːrɪə]

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Malay Peninsula - a peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar Burma, Myanmar, Union of Burma - a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal; "much opium is grown in Myanmar" West Malaysia - the region of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula Kingdom of Thailand, Siam, Thailand - a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula; "Thailand is the official name of the former Siam" Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations Malay, Malayan - a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago