English > Malaysia: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957. |
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| Synonym | Federation of Malaysia |
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| Instance of | Asian country, Asian nation | Any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent |
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| Member of | Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN | An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism |
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| Members | Malay, Malayan | A member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago |
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| Malaysian | A native or inhabitant of Malaysia |
| Part of | Indochina, Indochinese peninsula | A peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam |
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| Parts | East Malaysia | The part of Malaysia that is on the island of Borneo |
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| Malaysian state | One of the several states constituting Malaysia |
| Putrajaya, capital of Malaysia | Malaysia's sparkling new capital |
| West Malaysia, Malaya, Peninsular Malaysia | The region of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula |
| Region of | Jemaah Islamiyah, JI, Islamic Group, Islamic Community, Malaysian Mujahidin Group, Malaysia Militant Group | A clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda |
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| al-Ma'unah | A radical insurgent Islamist group consisting of disaffected middle-class professionals in Malaysia who want to overthrow the government by violent means and set up an Islamic state |
| Spanish | Malaisia, Malasia, Malaysia |
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| Catalan | Malàisia, Malàsia, Malaysia |
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| Adjectives | Malayan | 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 |
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| Malaysian, Malayan | of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia |
