Look up Malaya, Malayan, or malaya in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Malaya may refer to: On Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia:

Define Malayan. Malayan synonyms, Malayan pronunciation, Malayan translation, English dictionary definition of Malayan. n. 1. A member of a people inhabiting the Malay Peninsula and parts of the …

The meaning of MALAYAN is a native or inhabitant of Malaya.

3 days ago · Borrowed from Armenian Մալայան (Malayan). A surname from Armenian. According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Malayan is the 542937 th most common surname in the United …

2 meanings: 1. of or relating to Malaya or its inhabitants 2. a native or inhabitant of Malaya.... Click for more definitions.

A Malayan is anybody—be he Malay, Chinese, Tamil, Eurasian or European—whose home is in Malaya, whereas a Malay is a member of a large race of whom about 3,000,000 live in Malaya, and more …

Nov 13, 2025 · Many Malays are rural people, living in villages rather than towns. Much of the Malay Peninsula is covered by jungle, and the villages, with populations from 50 to 1,000, are located along …

The Malayan 'Emergency' (1948–1960) was a conflict between the British colonial authorities and the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA), the armed wing of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP), …

Following the end of the Malayan Emergency in 1960, the predominantly ethnic Chinese Malayan National Liberation Army, the armed wing of the MCP, retreated to the Malaysia–Thailand border …

Definitions of Malayan adjective 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 syllable …