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noun(Ma-lay)a member of a people of the Malay Peninsula, eastern Sumatra, parts of Borneo, and some adjacent islands
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noun(Ma-lay)the Austronesian language of the Malays
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geographical name(Ma-lay)group of islands in southeastern Asia including Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, the Moluccas, and Timor —usually considered to include also the Philippines and sometimes New Guinea
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geographical name(Ma-lay)peninsula 700 miles (1126 kilometers) long in southeastern Asia between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea and divided between Thailand and Malaysia
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geographical name(Ma-lay)—collective name for the bodies of water surrounding the Malay Archipelago in southeastern Asia
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geographical name(Ma-lay)former British protectorate (1895—1945) comprising the Malay states of Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, and Selangor; capital Kuala Lumpur