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malay

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Adjective

of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
- Malay peoples
- Malayan syllable structure

Noun

a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages

a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago

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Synonyms:
Malay Malayan

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