malayan
/məˈleɪən/
adjective
- Relating to the Malay Peninsula or its people (now usually replaced by 'Malaysian' for the country).
- British Malayan history includes the colonial period before independence.
- The Malayan jungle is home to many rare species.
- The Malayan tiger is a subspecies found only on the Malay Peninsula.
noun
- A person from the Malay Peninsula (historical or regional term).
- The Malayan fought alongside British forces during World War II.
- He was a Malayan of Chinese descent who lived in Penang.
- Many Malayan worked on rubber plantations in the early 1900s.