Malayan
adjEtymology From Malaya + -an.
1
of, or relating to the former Malaya; Malay
- Derived terms
- Malayan bear, Malayan slit-faced bat, Malayan tapir
Malayan
noun/məˈleɪən/
Etymology From Malaya + -an.
1
A person of whatever ethnicity from the former Malaya or Peninsular Malaysia
- 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).1950 October, R. A. Marshall, “Kuala Lumpur, an important Malayan Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 706:
2
Either of two lycaenid butterflies of the genus Megisba of Asia and Australasia.