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21Malay states — Within Malaysia, the Malay states are the nine states of Peninsular Malaysia that have hereditary Rulers. In practice, these Rulers (titled Raja and Yang di Pertuan Besar in Perlis and Negeri Sembilan respectively and Sultan elsewhere) are… …
22Malay houses — A traditional Malay house Malay houses are traditional dwellings, originating before the arrival of foreign or modern influences, and constructed by the indigenous ethnic Malay and Orang Asli peoples of the Malay Peninsula and their related… …
23peninsula — peninsular, adj. peninsularism, peninsularity /peuh nin seuh lar i tee, nins yeuh /, n. /peuh nin seuh leuh, nins yeuh leuh/, n. 1. an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland. 2.… …
24peninsula — noun a large mass of land projecting into a body of water (Freq. 1) • Derivationally related forms: ↑peninsular • Hypernyms: ↑land, ↑dry land, ↑earth, ↑ground, ↑solid ground, ↑ …
25Malay — 1. adjective /məˈleɪ/ a) of or related to the Malays, a people living in Brunei, on the eastern coast of Sumatra, the islands of Bangka and Belitung, the Riau archipelago and the coastal areas of Kalimantan in Indonesia, in most of Malaysia… …
26Malay — noun Etymology: obsolete Dutch Malayo (now Maleier), from Malay Mĕlayu Date: 1598 1. a member of a people of the Malay Peninsula, eastern Sumatra, parts of Borneo, and some adjacent islands 2. the Austronesian language of the Malays • Malay… …
27Malay States — /məleɪ ˈsteɪts/ (say muhlay stayts) plural noun (formerly) the states of the Malay Peninsula that, with the Straits Settlements of Penang and Malacca (now Melaka), comprised the Union of Malaya (1946) and the Federation of Malaya (1948) (see… …
28MALAY ARCHIPELAGO — or INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO is that group of many hundred islands stretching from the Malay Peninsula SE. to Australia between the North Pacific and the Indian Ocean, of which Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Celebes are the largest …
29Malay — Ma•lay [[t]ˈmeɪ leɪ, məˈleɪ[/t]] n. 1) peo a member of a people of Southeast Asia comprising the principal inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula, adjacent parts of E Sumatra, and the intervening islands and living in many coastal settlements on… …
30malay squirrel — noun Usage: usually capitalized M : a squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii) found in the Malay peninsula that has a dark back and a lighter belly separated by broad white lateral stripes …
