Dictionary definition for: Malay
1. (n) a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
2. (a) 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"
3. (n) a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
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