 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Malay
adjective: of or relating to or characteristic of the people or
language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula
and parts of the western Malay Archipelago; "Malay
peoples"; "Malayan syllable structure" [syn: {Malayan}]
noun
1: a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula
and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
[syn: {Malayan}]
2: a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Malay \Ma*lay"\, prop. n.
One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay
Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Malay \Ma*lay"\, Malayan \Ma*lay"an\, prop. 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.
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