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# malayan

adjective (Malayan); noun (a Malayan, Malayans)

«malayan» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To do with Malaya, the old name for the land on the Malay Peninsula that later became part of Malaysia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malayan/#m1)
2. (animals) Found in the Malay Peninsula region, as in the Malayan tiger, Malayan tapir or Malayan sun bear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malayan/#m2)
3. (old use) A person from Malaya. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malayan/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history lessons about the British Empire and the Second World War, Malaya was a British colony that became independent in 1957 and joined Malaysia in 1963. In science and nature lessons, Malayan tigers and tapirs are endangered animals. Phrases: Malayan tiger, Malayan tapir, Malayan Emergency.

### Examples

- The Malayan tiger is endangered. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malayan/#x1)
- The Malayan tapir is black with a white middle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malayan/#x2)
- Malaya became independent in 1957. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malayan/#x3)
- Grandad served in the Malayan Emergency. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malayan/#x4)
- The Malayan sun bear is the smallest bear in the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malayan/#x5)
- Malayan rubber was shipped all over the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malayan/#x6)

### Note

Capital M. «Malayan» is about the place Malaya; «Malay» is the people and language; «Malaysian» is about the modern country Malaysia. These three are easy to mix up. Pronounced muh-LAY-un.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «malayan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malayan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«malayan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/malayan.html) on Mova free.