1. 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

1. A western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
    
2. A member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
   - Malayan

Derived forms: Malays

Type of: Asian, Asiatic, Western Malayo-Polynesian

Part of: East India, East Indies, Federation of Malaysia, Malay Archipelago, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia, The Malay Archipelago

Encyclopedia: Malay, Saône-et-Loire