Meaning & use
Malaya
A historical region and federation on the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia, which gained independence from Britain in 1957 and later became part of Malaysia.
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Her grandfather served in the British colonial administration in Malaya before independence.
Malaya's economy in the twentieth century relied heavily on tin mining and rubber production.
A note on using this word
Malaya refers specifically to the peninsula and its pre-1963 federation; the modern nation of Malaysia also includes Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo.
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