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British Malaya

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noun

  1. a comprehensive term for the former British possessions on the Malay Peninsula and the Malay Archipelago: now part of Malaysia.


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In 1926 Mr. Massie’s father, then 19, left his family’s farm in Aberdeenshire for British Malaya.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

He became a missionary, shipped off to British Malaya to save souls, caught malaria and returned to California to heal.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2022

Davidson had come to British Malaya in 1951 at the age of 20 to work on a Unilever plantation.

From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2019

It was 1926, and his homeland was known as British Malaya.

From Washington Times • May 10, 2018

After the war, Maj Anderson was promoted to Brigadier-General and was put in charge of road engineering in India and British Malaya.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2012