English adjective: Malayan | |||
| 1. | Malayan of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia | ||
| Samples | Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers. Malayan crocodiles. | ||
| Synonyms | Malaysian | ||
| 2. | Malayan 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 | ||
| Samples | Malay peoples. Malayan syllable structure. | ||
| Synonyms | Malay | ||
English noun: Malayan | |||
| 1. | Malayan (person) a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago | ||
| Synonyms | Malay | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Asian, Asiatic | ||
| Member meronym | East India, East Indies, Malay Archipelago, Malay Peninsula, Malaya, Malaysia | ||