Malaya

Ma·la·ya  (m-l, m-)

See Malay Peninsula.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Malaya - a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957 Malaysia godown - (in India and Malaysia) a warehouse al-Ma'unah - a radical insurgent Islamist group consisting of disaffected middle-class professionals in Malaysia who want to overthrow the government by violent means and set up an Islamic state Islamic Community, Islamic Group, Jemaah Islamiyah, JI, Malaysia Militant Group, Malaysian Mujahidin Group - a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations - an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism Indochina, Indochinese peninsula - a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam capital of Malaysia, Putrajaya - Malaysia's sparkling new capital East Malaysia - the part of Malaysia that is on the island of Borneo West Malaysia - the region of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula Malay, Malayan - a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago Malaysian - a native or inhabitant of Malaysia

Translations

Malaya [məˈleɪə] n → Malaya, Malaca

Malaya [məˈleɪə] n → Malaisie f

Malaya [məˈleɪə] n → Malaya nt

Malaya [məˈleɪə] n → Malesia