'Malayan' definitions:
Definition of 'Malayan'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; "Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers"; "Malayan crocodiles" [syn: Malaysian, 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; "Malay peoples"; "Malayan syllable structure" [syn: Malay, Malayan]
noun
A member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago [syn: Malay, Malayan]
Definition of 'Malayan'
From: GCIDE
- 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]