Malaysia

From Malays +‎ -ia, amended from the previous form, Malaya, possibly from Javanese mlayu (“to run”), refering to the Austronesian habit of migrating long distances by canoe, and which is apparently a variation of لاري‎ (“lari”) (to run), from Proto-Malayic *lari, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *lari, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *lari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laʀiw, from Proto-Austronesian *laʀiw. 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): /məˈleɪʒə/, /məˈleɪziə/
• (Malaysia) IPA^(key): /məlejsiə/, /məlejʃə/

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Malaysia

1. A country in Southeast Asia.

• Bahasa Malaysia
• Malaysian

• Malaysia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Malaysia

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

• IPA^(key): [maˈlaɪ̯zi̯a]

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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.

• IPA^(key): [malajsiʲa]
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): [malajʃa]
• Hyphenation: Ma‧lay‧sia

Malaysia

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

   orang Malaysia ― Malaysian (person)

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

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

• (Standard Malaysian) IPA^(key): /məlesia, -ʃa/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [məlesjə, -ʃə]

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• (Baku) IPA^(key): /malajsia/
• Rhymes: -əlesia, -lesia, -esia, -sia, -ia, -a

Malaysia (Jawi spelling مليسيا‎)

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)

   orang Malaysia ― Malaysian (person)

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

Malaysia n (genitive Malaysias)

1. Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)