Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Malay"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Malay \Ma*lay"\, Malayan \Ma*lay"an\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. -- n. The
Malay language.
{Malay apple} (Bot.), a myrtaceous tree ({Eugenia
Malaccensis}) common in India; also, its applelike fruit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Malay \Ma*lay"\, n.
One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay
Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Malay
adj : of or relating to or characteristic of the people or
language of Malaysia and the N Malay Peninsula and
parts of the W 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
[syn: {Malay}]
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