Ma·lay /məˈle, ˈme(ˌ)le/
馬來(a.)馬來人的,馬來語的
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.
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Ma·lay Ma·lay·an prop. a. Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. -- n. The Malay language.
Malay apple Bot., a myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Malaccensis) common in India; also, its applelike fruit.
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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