Malay

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Malay \Ma*lay"\, prop. n.
     One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay
     Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.
     [1913 Webster] Malay

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Malay \Ma*lay"\, Malayan \Ma*lay"an\, prop. a.
     Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. -- n. The
     Malay language.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Malay apple} (Bot.), a myrtaceous tree ({Eugenia
        Malaccensis}) common in India; also, its applelike fruit.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Malay
       adj : 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" [syn: {Malayan}]
       n 1: a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula
            and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
            [syn: {Malayan}]
       2: a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages