Malaya

3 definitions found

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

  Malaya \Malaya\ prop. n.
     Formerly, an Asian country on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula,
     now part of Malaysia.
     [WordNet 1.5]

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



  Malaysia \Malaysia\ prop. n.
     A country in Southeast Asia including the former nation of
     Malaya on the Malay Peninsula, and part of Borneo; sometimes
     still referred to as {Malaya}.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Malaya
       n : a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and
           the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the
           United Kingdom in 1957 [syn: {Malaysia}]