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[ mey-ley, muh-ley ] / ˈmeɪ leɪ, məˈleɪ /
adjectiveof, relating to, or characteristic of a racially intermixed people who are the dominant population of the Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands. of or relating to the language or culture of these people. nouna member of the Malay people. an Austronesian language of Malaysia and Singapore, differing from Indonesian only in orthography. OTHER WORDS FROM Malaynon-Malay, adjective, nounpre-Malay, adjectiveWords nearby Malaymalathion, Malatya, Malawi, Malawian, malaxation, Malay, Malaya, Malayalam, Malayali, Malayan, Malayan camphor Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for MalayKuching means ‘Cat City’ in Malay; nobody will look sideways at those who hug street strays or shriek ‘pusspusspuss!’ The Cat's Meow: Top 10 Destinations for Feline Fanatics|Lonely Planet|December 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST As we'd once left Singapore, now Laila and I had recently been considering moving from the Malay Peninsula altogether. The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks|Max Brooks|January 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST We might have created a force large enough to clear the Malay Peninsula, then Southeast Asia, and from there, who knows? The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks|Max Brooks|January 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST Malay Kris likewise ate his bravely and became small accordingly. The Cat in Grandfather's House|Carl Henry Grabo
The hut was occupied by a Malay and his wife, from whom our informant gathered the following extraordinary account. Mythical Monsters|Charles Gould The Malay bent his head from above downwards, and disentangling his right hand from his shawl, he pointed imperiously to the door. Dream Tales and Prose Poems|Ivan Turgenev Qualla Battoo is the name of a small Malay town, which stood on the northwestern coast of Sumatra. Dewey and Other Naval Commanders|Edward S. Ellis Isolated and remote, but over one way was the coast of Indo-China, and over the other way was the coast of Malay. Civilization|Ellen Newbold La Motte
British Dictionary definitions for Malay
nouna member of a people living chiefly in Malaysia and Indonesia who are descendants of Mongoloid immigrants the language of this people, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family adjectiveof or relating to the Malays or their language Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |