Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating to the Malay peninsula or archipelago, or to the Malays. Also spelled Malaisian.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Malaysia or its people or their culture.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Pertaining to Malaysia or the Malay language
  • noun A native of Malaysia
  • proper noun The Malay language

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia
  • noun the Malay language spoken in Malaysia
  • noun a native or inhabitant of Malaysia

Etymologies

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From Malaysia + -ian

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