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From Malay + -ia, Latinization of Malay. Compare English Malaysia.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia constituting the southern part of the Malay Peninsula and several nearby islands, currently forming the western part of Malaysia; now known as West Malaysia or Peninsular Malaysia. Full definition →
From Malay + -ia, Latinization of Malay. Compare English Malaysia.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.