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Malaysia

English

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Etymology

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    English Malay
    English Malays
    Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
    Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)der.
    Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)?
    Ancient Greek -ιᾰ (-ia)
    Ancient Greek -εια (-eia)der.
    Latin -iader.
    English -ia
    English Malaysia

    From Malays +‎ -ia, amended from the previous form, Malaya. The ⟨-s⟩ was added to honour the inclusion of Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo (Sabah) with Malaya in the formation of The Federation of Malaysia.

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    Malaysia

    2. A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
    3. (obsolete) The Malay Archipelago.
      • 1842, System of Descriptive Geography, Founded on the Works of Malte-Burn and Balbi‎[1], Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 974:
        For the purpose of topographical description, Malaysia may be divided into six groups of islands, namely — 1. Sumatra, and the smaller islands adjacent ; 2. The long chain of islands which extends east and west from the Strait of Sunda to New Guinea, including Java, Madura, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Comobo, Flares, Jindana or Sandelwood, Adenar, Solor, Lomblem, Pantar, Ombay, Timor, Semao, Rotte, Savu, Cambi, Wetter, Serwatty, Babba, Timorlaut, &c. ; 3. The Banda and Molucca Islands ; 4. Celebes and the smaller adjacent islands; 5. Borneo and adjacent islands; 6. The Philippine Islands.

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    Descendants

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    • → Japanese: マレーシア (Marēshia)
    • → Malay: Malaysia

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    Danish

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    Proper noun

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    Malaysia

    1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [maˈlaɪ̯zi̯a]
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    • Hyphenation: Ma‧lay‧sia

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    Malaysia n (proper noun, genitive Malaysias or (optionally with an article) Malaysia)

    1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)
      Synonym: (Austria) Malaysien

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    Indonesian

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    From English Malaysia.

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    Malaysia

    1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)
      orang Malaysia ― Malaysian (person)

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    Malay

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    From English Malaysia, via Malays +‎ -ia, the root being from Melayu.

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    Malaysia (Jawi spelling مليسيا)

    1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)
      orang Malaysia ― Malaysian (person)

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    Manx

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    Borrowed from English Malaysia.

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    Yn Valaysia f

    1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)
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    Manx mutation
    Radical Lenition Eclipsis
    Malaysia Valaysia unchanged
    Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
    possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Malaysia

    1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Malaysia

    1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

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    Swahili

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    Malaysia

    1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)
      Synonym: Malesia

    Swedish

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    Malaysia n (genitive Malaysias)

    1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)
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