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malay

/mˈeɪleɪ/noun, adjective2 syllables

Malay means: 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.

Synonyms for malay1

noun, as in a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago

Malayan

adjective, as in 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

Malayan

What does malay mean?3

adjective

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”

noun

1

a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago

2

a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with malay?1

two syllables

melee
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Malay in a sentence

  • They introduced a bloody terror against the best sons of the Malay people.AlanF_US
  • Malay has many similarities with Indonesian.morgyn
  • In Malaysia, I often watch Indonesian soap operas with Malay subtitles.LeeSooHa
  • The Constitution of Singapore states that the national language of Singapore is Malay.Adelpa
  • No turbaned Turk, no hired Venetian or Malay, could have smote him with more seeming malice.Goatstein
  • Ninavau used to be Catholic, now she converted Muslim because she married a Malay man.LeeSooHa
  • Rescue forces are searching for a Malay airplane that disappeared over the South China Sea.DJ_Saidez

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