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 | ||