Reference meaning
Malay
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a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
Related source terms
malayan
Other meanings
2. noun
a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
3. 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
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