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Malay(encyclopedia)
Malay (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Malay Archipelago(encyclopedia)
Malay Peninsula(encyclopedia)
Malay language(encyclopedia)
Malay Municipal Hospital(health)
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Malay (iou)



Malay noun & adjective. L16.
[Malay Malayu (now Me-).]
A. noun.
a. A member of a people inhabiting Malaysia, Brunei, parts of Indonesia, and other areas. L16.
b. In South Africa, a member of the Muslim community of Cape Town and adjoining districts (chiefly descendants of slaves and immigrants from Malaysia etc.). Also Cape Malay. L18.
The Austronesian language of the Malays of Malaysia etc., the official language of the Federation of Malaysia. L16.
ellipt. A Malay fowl. M19.
b. adjective.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Malays or parts of Malaysia and Indonesia inhabited by them. L18.
Malay apple (the edible fruit of) a tree of the myrtle family, Syzygium malaccense, native to the Malay peninsula. Malay fowl (a bird of) a large variety of domestic fowl introduced from the Malay peninsula. Malay peninsula a peninsula of SE Asia, forming (in the south) the continental part of Malaysia and (in the north) part of Thailand. Malay tapir = Malayan tapir s.v. MALAYAN adjective.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Cape Malays. L19.
Malayic adjective (rare) = MALAY adjective 1 E18.