Malaysia

From Malays +‎ -ia, amended from the previous form, Malaya. The ⟨-s⟩ was added to honour the inclusion of Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo (Sabah) with Malaya in the formation of The Federation of Malaysia.

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /məˈleɪ̯ʒə/, /məˈleɪ̯ziə/

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• (Malaysia) IPA^(key): /məlejsiə/, /məlejʃə/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /mɐˈleɪ̯.ʃɐ/

Malaysia

2. A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
3. (obsolete) The Malay Archipelago.
   • 1842, System of Descriptive Geography, Founded on the Works of Malte-Burn and Balbi‎^[1], Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 974:

     For the purpose of topographical description, Malaysia may be divided into six groups of islands, namely — 1. Sumatra, and the smaller islands adjacent ; 2. The long chain of islands which extends east and west from the Strait of Sunda to New Guinea, including Java, Madura, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Comobo, Flares, Jindana or Sandelwood, Adenar, Solor, Lomblem, Pantar, Ombay, Timor, Semao, Rotte, Savu, Cambi, Wetter, Serwatty, Babba, Timorlaut, &c. ; 3. The Banda and Molucca Islands ; 4. Celebes and the smaller adjacent islands; 5. Borneo and adjacent islands; 6. The Philippine Islands.

• Bahasa Malaysia
• Malaysian

• → Japanese: マレーシア (Marēshia)
• → Hungarian: Malajzia
• → Malay: Malaysia
  • → Japanese: マライシア (Maraishia) (obsolete)
• → Latvian: Malaizija
• → Lithuanian: Malaizija
• → Serbo-Croatian: Màlēzija
• → Slovak: Malajzia
• → Slovene: Malẹ́zija

• Malaysia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Countries of the world

Malaysia

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

• IPA^(key): [maˈlaɪ̯zi̯a]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ma‧lay‧sia

Malaysia n (proper noun, genitive Malaysias or (optionally with an article) Malaysia)

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: (Austria) Malaysien

• Malaysia on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Malaysia” in Duden online

From English Malaysia.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /maˈlajsia/ [maˈlai̯.si.a]
• Syllabification: Ma‧lay‧si‧a

Malaysia

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

   orang Malaysia ― Malaysian (person)

• “Malaysia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From English Malaysia, via Malays +‎ -ia, the root being from Melayu.

• (Johor-Riau)
  • (Malaysia) IPA^(key): [mə.le.si.ə], [mə.le.ʃə], [ma.le.si.ə]

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  • (Indonesia) IPA^(key): [ma.laj.si.ə], [ma.laj.ʃə]
  • Rhymes: -iə, -ʃə, -ə
• (Baku)
  • (Malaysia) IPA^(key): [mə.le.si.a], [mə.le.ʃa], [ma.le.si.a]
  • (Indonesia) IPA^(key): [ma.laj.si.a], [ma.laj.ʃa]
  • Rhymes: -ia, -ʃa, -a
• Hyphenation: Ma‧lay‧si‧a

Malaysia (Jawi spelling مليسيا)

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

   orang Malaysia ― Malaysian (person)

• → Japanese: マライシア (Maraishia) (obsolete)

• “Malaysia” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from English Malaysia.

Yn Valaysia f

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

• Yn Valayish (“Malay”)

Malaysia

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

• malaysier
• malaysisk

Malaysia

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

• malaysiar
• malaysisk

Malaysia

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: Malesia

• Audio:

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Malaysia n (genitive Malaysias)

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

• malaysier
• malaysisk
• malaysiska

• Malaysia in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Unadapted borrowing from English Malaysia.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /maˈlajsja/ [mɐˈlaɪ̯.ʃɐ]
    • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /maˈlajsja/ [mɐˈlaɪ̯.sjɐ]
    • Rhymes: -ajsja
  • IPA^(key): /maˈlejsja/ [mɐˈleɪ̯.ʃɐ]
    • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /maˈlejsja/ [mɐˈleɪ̯.sjɐ]
    • Rhymes: -ejsja
• Syllabification: Ma‧lay‧sia

Malaysia (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜀ)

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: Malasya