Definition: malayan

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

Malayan
     adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; "Malaysian
            police crack down hard on drug smugglers"; "Malayan
            crocodiles" [syn: Malaysian, Malayan]
     2: of or relating to or characteristic of the people or
        language of Malaysia and the N Malay Peninsula and parts
        of the W Malay Archipelago; "Malay peoples"; "Malayan
        syllable structure" [syn: Malay, Malayan]
     n : a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula
         and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
         [syn: Malay, Malayan]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Malay \Ma*lay"\, Malayan \Ma*lay"an\, a.
   Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. -- n. The
   Malay language.

   Malay apple (Bot.), a myrtaceous tree (Eugenia
      Malaccensis) common in India; also, its applelike fruit.