"Malaya" meaning in English

See Malaya in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /məˈleɪ.ə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Malaya.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Malay + -ia, Latinization of Malay. Compare English Malaysia. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Malay|-ia}} Malay + -ia, {{m|en|Malay}} Malay, {{cog|en|Malaysia}} English Malaysia Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Malaya
  1. The southern part of the Malay Peninsula and several nearby islands, currently forming the western part of the Federation of Malaysia, now known as West Malaysia. Categories (place): Peninsulas Translations (the Malay Peninsula): Maleia (Afrikaans), Malaia [feminine] (Catalan), 馬來亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 马来亚 (Mǎláiyà) (Chinese Mandarin), मलय (malay) [masculine] (Hindi), Leithinis Mhalae [feminine] (Irish), an Malae (Irish), Tanah Melayu (Malay), Malaya (Maranao), Мала́йя (Malájja) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Malaya-en-name-fQyGm740 Disambiguation of Peninsulas: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ia Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ia: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'the Malay Peninsula': 79 21
  2. (historical) An independent country in Southeast Asia from 1957 to 1963. Tags: historical Categories (place): Peninsulas, Regions of Asia
    Sense id: en-Malaya-en-name--KKMVJHZ Disambiguation of Peninsulas: 55 45 Disambiguation of Regions of Asia: 30 70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ia Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ia: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: British Malaya, Federation of Malaya, Malayan, Malaysia, States of Malaya

Alternative forms

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