malay

3 definitions found

malay - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Malay \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.
     [1913 Webster] Malay

  Malay \Ma*lay"\, Malayan \Ma*lay"an\, prop. a.
     Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. -- n. The
     Malay language.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Malay apple (Bot.), a myrtaceous tree (Eugenia  Malaccensis
        ) common in India; also, its applelike fruit.
        [1913 Webster]

malay - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Malay
      adj 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 syllable structure" [syn: Malay, Malayan]
      n 1: a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay
           Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay
           Archipelago [syn: Malay, Malayan]
      2: a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages