English word senses marked with place category "Malaysia"

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Parent categories: Asia, Earth, Eurasia, Nature
Subcategories: Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Perlis, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, Terengganu

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Total 93 word senses

• B40 (Noun) A household with a household income below 4,850 Malaysian ringgit per month.
• Bolehland (Proper name) Malaysia.
• Bornean (Adjective) From, or pertaining to, Borneo.
• DBKL (Proper name) Initialism of Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (“Kuala Lumpur City Hall, the city council that governs the city of Kuala Lumpur”).
• DSAI (Proper name) Initialism of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (“Malaysian politician and Prime Minister”).
• Dong Zong (Proper name) an association that manages Chinese-language private schools in Malaysia, and advocates for Chinese-language education.
• EPF (Proper name) Initialism of Employees Provident Fund (“Malaysian government body that provides savings for workers and retired people”).
• East Malaysia (Proper name) The eastern half of the country of Malaysia on the island of Borneo, consisting of Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan.
• Federated Malay States (Proper name) A federation of four protected states in the Malay Peninsula — Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang — established by the British government in 1895, which lasted until 1946, when they, together with two of the former Straits Settlements (Malacca and Penang) and the Unfederated Malay States, formed the Malayan Union.
• Gulf of Thailand (Proper name) An inland body of water in the Pacific Ocean that is southeast of Southeast Asia below the countries of Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia, and is close to the Malay Peninsula of Malaysia.
• JAIS (Proper name) Initialism of Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (“Islamic Religious Department of Selangor, a branch of the government organisation JAKIM”).
• JAWI (Proper name) Acronym of Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (“Islamic Religious Department of the Federal Territory, a branch of the government organisation JAKIM”).
• Jalur Gemilang (Proper name) The flag of Malaysia.
• Johor (Proper name) A state in southern Malaysia. Capital: Johor Bahru.
• Johorean (Adjective) Of or relating to Johor in Malaysia.
• Johorean (Noun) A native or inhabitant of Johor in Malaysia.
• Johorian (Adjective) Alternative form of Johorean
• Johorian (Noun) Alternative form of Johorean
• KLite (Noun) An inhabitant of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• KTM (Proper name) Initialism of Keretapi Tanah Melayu (“Malayan Railways, the main rail operator in the Malay Peninsula”).
• Kedah (Proper name) A state in northwestern Malaysia. Capital: Alor Setar.
• Kedahan (Noun) A resident of Kedah in Malaysia.
• Kelantan (Proper name) A state in western Malaysia. Capital: Kota Bharu.
• Kelantanese (Adjective) Of or pertaining to the state of Kelantan in Malaysia.
• Konfrontasi (Proper name) the armed conflict fought between Indonesia and British-backed Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) from 1963 to 1969 in response to the British allies formation of Federation of Malaysia (conclusion of British Malaya, British Sarawak, British North Borneo, and British Singapore)
• M-pop (Noun) Malay pop music.
• MCO (Noun) Initialism of movement control order.
• MRT (Noun) A form of heavy-rail rapid-transit system that utilizes modern Electric Multiple Units to transport commuters between stations.; Initialism of mass rail transit.
• MRT (Noun) A form of heavy-rail rapid-transit system that utilizes modern Electric Multiple Units to transport commuters between stations.; Initialism of mass rapid transit.
• MRT (Noun) A form of heavy-rail rapid-transit system that utilizes modern Electric Multiple Units to transport commuters between stations.; Initialism of mass rail transport.
• MRT (Noun) A form of heavy-rail rapid-transit system that utilizes modern Electric Multiple Units to transport commuters between stations.; Initialism of mass rapid transport.
• MRT (Noun) A form of heavy-rail rapid-transit system that utilizes modern Electric Multiple Units to transport commuters between stations.; Initialism of metro rail transport.
• MRT (Noun) A form of heavy-rail rapid-transit system that utilizes modern Electric Multiple Units to transport commuters between stations.; Initialism of metro rapid transit.
• MRT (Noun) A form of heavy-rail rapid-transit system that utilizes modern Electric Multiple Units to transport commuters between stations.; Initialism of metropolitan rapid transport.
• MRT (Noun) A form of heavy-rail rapid-transit system that utilizes modern Electric Multiple Units to transport commuters between stations.; Initialism of metropolitan rapid transit.
• MRT (Noun) A form of heavy-rail rapid-transit system that utilizes modern Electric Multiple Units to transport commuters between stations.; Initialism of metro rail transit.
• MRT (Noun) A form of heavy-rail rapid-transit system that utilizes modern Electric Multiple Units to transport commuters between stations.; Initialism of metropolitan rail transit.
• MRT (Noun) A form of heavy-rail rapid-transit system that utilizes modern Electric Multiple Units to transport commuters between stations.; Initialism of metro rapid transport.
• MRT (Noun) A form of heavy-rail rapid-transit system that utilizes modern Electric Multiple Units to transport commuters between stations.; Initialism of metropolitan rail transport.
• MRT (Noun) A form of heavy-rail rapid-transit system that utilizes modern Electric Multiple Units to transport commuters between stations.
• Malaccan (Noun) A native or inhabitant of Malacca.
• Malay (Adjective) Of or relating 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 (states where they are politically dominant), in Singapore and in the southernmost provinces of Thailand.
• Malay (Adjective) Of or related to Malaysia, its people and/or culture.
• Malay (Noun) A person of Malay ancestry, referring to a diverse group of Austronesian peoples inhabiting the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia.
• Malay Archipelago (Proper name) the archipelago between mainland Southeastern Asia and Australia, that includes Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, East Malaysia and East Timor
• Malay Peninsula (Proper name) A peninsula in Southeast Asia containing the southernmost tip of Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia and Southern Thailand.
• Malayo- (Prefix) Pertaining to Malay or Malaysia.
• Malaysia (Proper name) A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
• Malaysian (Adjective) Pertaining to the country of Malaysia.
• Malaysian (Noun) A native of Malaysia.
• Malaysianize (Verb) To make or become Malaysian.
• Malaysio- (Prefix) Malaysian, Malaysia.
• Merdeka (Proper name) Malaysian independence day on August 31
• Merdeka Day (Proper name) The Malaysian Independence Day, on August 31.
• MyKad (Proper name) an identity card carried by all Malaysian citizens, that is also used for electronic payments for public transport.
• Negeri Sembilan (Proper name) A state in western Malaysia. Capital: Seremban.
• OKU (Adjective) Initialism of Orang Kurang Upaya (“"person with less ability", special needs person”).
• Pahang (Proper name) A state in eastern Malaysia. Capital: Kuantan.
• Penang (Proper name) A state in western Malaysia. Capital: George Town.
• Penangite (Noun) A resident of Penang in Malaysia.
• Perak (Proper name) A state in western Malaysia. Capital: Ipoh.
• Perlis (Proper name) A state in northwestern Malaysia. Capital: Kangar.
• Quran Belt (Proper name) Kelantan and Terengganu, two states in Peninsular Malaysia that practice a stricter form of Islam.
• SOCSO (Proper name) Initialism of Social Security Organisation (“organisation set up by the Malaysian government to provide social security protections for workers in Malaysia”).
• SPM (Noun) Initialism of Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia. (Malaysian Certificate of Education, certificate for secondary school students in Malaysia)
• Sabah (Proper name) A state in eastern Malaysia located at the Northern part of the Borneo island with the main city Kota Kinabalu as its capital.
• Sabahan (Adjective) Of or relating to Sabah.
• Sabahan (Noun) A native of Sabah.
• Sabahan (Proper name) A subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian spoken around Sabah in Borneo.
• Sarawak (Proper name) A state in eastern Malaysia. Capital: Kuching.
• Sarawakian (Adjective) Of or relating to Sarawak.
• Sarawakian (Noun) A native or inhabitant of Sarawak.
• Selangor (Proper name) A state in western Malaysia. Capital: Shah Alam.
• South China Sea (Proper name) The western arm of the Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland and Taiwan, Borneo and the Philippines.
• Strait of Malacca (Proper name) A strait between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
• Straits Settlements (Proper name) A group of British territories located in Southeast Asia that consists of modern day Malacca, Penang and Perak in Malaysia, Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in Australia and Singapore.
• Terengganu (Proper name) A state in western Malaysia. Capital: Kuala Terengganu.
• TnG (Noun) Abbreviation of Touch 'n Go (“an electronic payment system from Malaysia”).
• UPSR (Proper name) Primary School Achievement Test: A national examination taken at the end of the final year of primary school.
• YDPA (Proper name) Synonym of Yang di-Pertuan Agong (“the paramount monarch of Malaysia”).
• Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Proper name) The paramount monarch of Malaysia.
• gotong-royong (Noun) Cooperation by members of a community to achieve a common goal.
• gotong-royong (Noun) An event where people clean up a place, such as sweeping and removing rubbish.
• kopitiam (Noun) A traditional style of eatery having public seating and multiple vendors selling Chinese, Indian, and Malay food.
• kris (Noun) A traditional Indonesian, Malaysian, or Filipino sword or dagger having a tapering, usually serpentine blade.
• nine-dash line (Proper name) A set of line segments on various maps that have accompanied the claims of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China to various contested areas in the South China Sea.
• penghulu (Noun) A local chief or governor in parts of Malaysia and Indonesia.
• pitis (Noun) A monetary unit of Brunei (minted until 1868) and Palembang. Coins were typically tin. Coins with central holes were called "pitis teboh". Unholed coins were called "pitis bountou".
• ringgit (Noun) The currency of Malaysia
• sen (Noun) A unit of Malaysian currency, worth one hundredth of a ringgit.
• surau (Noun) A small mosque or other Islamic assembly building in parts of Sumatra and the Malay peninsula.
• unity is strength (Proverb) Being united makes us become stronger.
• 999 (Proper name) The telephone number for emergency services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Burma, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Sudan, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, and the Seychelles.

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