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Meaning of 'malayan' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Malayan [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country.
2 . Malayan [ n.]
- The Malay language.

Meaning of 'malayan' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . malayan [ a]
Meaning (1):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • Malay peoples;
  • Malayan syllable structure
Meaning (2):
- of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia
Example in sentence:
  • Malayan crocodiles;
  • Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers

Nearby Words:

mal- mala malabar malacatune malacca malachite malacissant malacissation malacobdella malacoderm

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