Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Malayan"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Malayan
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; "Malaysian
police crack down hard on drug smugglers"; "Malayan
crocodiles" [syn: {Malaysian}, {Malayan}]
2: 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 : a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula
and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
[syn: {Malay}, {Malayan}]
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