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Malaya definition

Ma·laya (mə lā′ə)

  1. Malay Peninsula
  2. former federation of states on the S end of the Malay Peninsula: formerly a British colony, it became independent & a member of the Commonwealth (1957); since 1963 a territory of Malaysia called Peninsular Malaysia

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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