Malay

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The English Wiktionary has a dictionary definition (meanings of a word) for: malay

Malay has several meanings:

People and language

  • Malays, ethnic group mainly live in Sumatra, Riau islands, Borneo, and Malacca peninsula
  • Malayali, ethnic group predominantly live in India
  • Malay language, the language of the Malays; spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia
  • Malayalam language, the language of the Malayali
  • Indonesian language, the official language form that used as the basis of Standard Malay language
  • Old Malay language, the ancestor of the Malay language
  • Malay race, an outdated proposed racial category corresponding to the linguistic group of Austronesian people

Geography

  • Malay Archipelago, an umbrella term used for Indonesian Archipelago and Philippines Archipelago, located between mainland Southeast Asia and Australia
  • Malay Land, a term used for the region where the Malays inhabit; initially refers spesifically to Sumatra island, but nowadays including the surrounding areas of Sumatra as well
  • Malay Peninsula, a peninsula in Southeast Asia
  • Several communes in France:
    • Malay, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire département
    • Malay-le-Grand, in the Yonne département
    • Malay-le-Petit, in the Yonne département

Politics and history

  • Malaysia, the modern country
  • Malay states, the nine states of Malaysia that have hereditary rulers
  • Malay Kingdom, a kingdom centered in Jambi (in the eastern hemisphere of Sumatra) that was part of the Srivijaya empire

Animals

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