What is the meaning of Malay?

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noun

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

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.
    • usage: "Malay peoples"; "Malayan syllable structure"
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