Malaya
See also: malaya
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Malay + -ia, Latinization of Malay. Compare English Malaysia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /məˈleɪ.ə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Malaya
- The southern part of the Malay Peninsula and several nearby islands, currently forming the western part of the Federation of Malaysia, now known as West Malaysia.
- (historical) An independent country in Southeast Asia from 1957 to 1963.
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Translations
[edit]the Malay Peninsula
Tagalog
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maˈlaja/ [mɐˈlaː.jɐ]
- Rhymes: -aja
- Syllabification: Ma‧la‧ya
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from English Malaya, from Malay + -ia, with the root from Malay Melayu.
Proper noun
[edit]Malaya (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜌ)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish malaya, from Malay Melayu.
Noun
[edit]Malaya (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜌ)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Malaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with historical senses
- en:Peninsulas
- en:Regions of Asia
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aja
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aja/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog terms derived from Malay
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog female equivalent nouns
- tl:Demonyms