Malay Peninsula
a peninsula in SE Asia, consisting of W (mainland) Malaysia and the S part of Thailand.
- Also called Malaya.
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How to use Malay Peninsula in a sentence
As we'd once left Singapore, now Laila and I had recently been considering moving from the Malay Peninsula altogether.
The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks | Max Brooks | January 14, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTWe might have created a force large enough to clear the Malay Peninsula, then Southeast Asia, and from there, who knows?
The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks | Max Brooks | January 14, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTSuch, for example, is the bamboo nose-flute, occasionally found among the inland tribes of the Malay Peninsula.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtDeposits of tin occur under just the same circumstances in the Malay Peninsula.
The Woodlands Orchids | Frederick BoyleIn the Malay Peninsula the magician makes an image like a corpse, a footstep long.
It was perhaps originally in Sumatra and in other islands near to the Malay Peninsula.
Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De CandolleAnd here was the information that they were close to Sumatra, in the neighbourhood of the Malay Peninsula.
Jones of the 64th | F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton
British Dictionary definitions for Malay Peninsula
a peninsula of SE Asia, extending south from the Isthmus of Kra in Thailand to Cape Tanjong Piai in Malaysia: consists of SW Thailand and the states of Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia): Ancient name: Chersonesus Aurea (ˌkɜːsəˈniːsəs ˈɔːrɪə)
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