Malayan
adjective
Malayan
American
[muh-ley-uhn]
/ məˈleɪ ən /
adjective
malayan
British
/ məˈleɪən /
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Malayan
Example Sentences
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For the first time, I could picture the legendary tropical city of Malayan sampans, Chinese street hawkers and British colonial languor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
He also served as a lieutenant in the Gurkha Rifles, fighting in the Malayan Emergency, a communist-inspired revolt against the British colonial authorities.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024
Raccoon dogs, masked palm civets, hoary bamboo rats and Malayan porcupines have transmitted bat coronaviruses before, the study authors noted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2024
Apparently its Malayan sun bear looked surprisingly humanlike when it stood up on two legs to wave at visitors.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2023
He had survived pellagra in Persia, scurvy in the Malayan archipelago, leprosy in Alexandria, beriberi in Japan, bubonic plague in Madagascar, an earthquake in Sicily, and a disastrous shipwreck in the Strait of Magellan.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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