Malayan

/məˈleɪən/

Synonyms for "malayan" (34 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Adjective(1 words)
blackblack manboycaucasiancolored persondarky

Strong matches (10)

Adjective(6 words)
ethnic malaymalay branchmalay inhabitantmalay languagemalay speechmalay tongue
Noun(1 words)

Related words (17)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

10 entries
AsianAsiaticcultural descriptorethnic_groupethnolinguistic adjectivegeographic descriptorlanguagelanguage family descriptorlinguistic taxonomyregional adjective

More specific

8 entries
MalayMalay dialectMalay languageMalay scriptMalaya historyMalaya politicsPeninsular MalayaStandard Malay

Collocations

12 entries
Malayan administrationMalayan censusMalayan coastMalayan cultureMalayan forestsMalayan historyMalayan languageMalayan languagesMalayan peninsulaMalayan peopleMalayan politicsMalayan tin mining

Inflections

3 entries
Malayansmore Malayanmost Malayan

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The third class is intended to provide cheap travel for the poorest Malayans; wooden seats are the rule, the compensation lying in the fare of four cents a mile (about 1d).

Source: wiktionary

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