Malaysia

From Malays +‎ -ia, amended from the previous form, Malaya. The ⟨-s⟩ was added to honour the inclusion of Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo (Sabah) with Malaya in the formation of The Federation of Malaysia.

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /məˈleɪʒə/, /məˈleɪziə/
• (Malaysia) IPA^(key): /məlejsiə/, /məlejʃə/

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Malaysia

2. A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
3. (obsolete) The Malay Archipelago.
   • 1842, System of Descriptive Geography, Founded on the Works of Malte-Burn and Balbi‎^[1], Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 974:

     For the purpose of topographical description, Malaysia may be divided into six groups of islands, namely — 1. Sumatra, and the smaller islands adjacent ; 2. The long chain of islands which extends east and west from the Strait of Sunda to New Guinea, including Java, Madura, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Comobo, Flares, Jindana or Sandelwood, Adenar, Solor, Lomblem, Pantar, Ombay, Timor, Semao, Rotte, Savu, Cambi, Wetter, Serwatty, Babba, Timorlaut, &c. ; 3. The Banda and Molucca Islands ; 4. Celebes and the smaller adjacent islands; 5. Borneo and adjacent islands; 6. The Philippine Islands.

• Bahasa Malaysia
• Malaysian

• → Japanese: マレーシア (Marēshia)
• → Malay: Malaysia
  • → Japanese: マライシア (Maraishia) (obsolete)

• Malaysia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Malaysia

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

• IPA^(key): [maˈlaɪ̯zi̯a]

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• Hyphenation: Ma‧lay‧sia

Malaysia n (proper noun, genitive Malaysias or (optionally with an article) Malaysia)

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: (Austria) Malaysien

• Malaysia on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Malaysia” in Duden online

From English Malaysia.

• IPA^(key): [malajsiʲa]
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): [malajʃa]
• Hyphenation: Ma‧lay‧sia

Malaysia

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

   orang Malaysia ― Malaysian (person)

• (countries of Asia) negara-negara di Asia; Afganistan, Arab Saudi, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Filipina, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Jepang, Kamboja, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea Selatan, Korea Utara, Kuwait, Laos, Libanon, Maladewa, Malaysia, Mesir, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestina, Qatar, Rusia, Singapura, Siprus, Sri Lanka, Suriah, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tiongkok, Turki, Turkmenistan, Uni Emirat Arab, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yaman, Yordania

• “Malaysia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From English Malaysia, via Malays +‎ -ia, the root being from Melayu.

• (Standard Malaysian) IPA^(key): /məlesia, -ʃa/; /malesia/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [məlesjə, -ʃə]

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• (Baku) IPA^(key): /malesia/
• Rhymes: -sia, -ia, -a

Malaysia (Jawi spelling مليسيا)

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

   orang Malaysia ― Malaysian (person)

• → Japanese: マライシア (Maraishia) (obsolete)

• “Malaysia” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from English Malaysia.

Yn Valaysia f

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

• Yn Valayish (“Malay”)

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Malaysia	Valaysia	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Malaysia

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

• malaysier
• malaysisk

Malaysia

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

• malaysiar
• malaysisk

Malaysia

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: Malesia

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Malaysia n (genitive Malaysias)

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

• malaysier
• malaysisk
• malaysiska

• Malaysia in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH