Malayan

2 definitions found

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]:

  Malayan
       adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; "Malaysian
              police crack down hard on drug smugglers"; "Malayan
              crocodiles" [syn: {Malaysian}]
       2: 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: {Malay}]
       n : a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula
           and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
           [syn: {Malay}]