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Ketuanan Melayu

Ketuanan Melayu proper noun: an ethnic supremacist ideology in Malaysia that asserts the superiority of ethnic Malays over minorities such as the Chinese and Indians.

Proper noun

Ketuanan Melayu

  1. (Malaysian politics) An ethnic supremacist ideology in Malaysia that asserts the superiority of ethnic Malays over minorities such as the Chinese and Indians.

Origin of Ketuanan Melayu

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Ketuanan Melayu, literally, “Malay overlordship”.

Questions about Ketuanan Melayu

What does Ketuanan Melayu mean?
Ketuanan Melayu means an ethnic supremacist ideology in Malaysia that asserts the superiority of ethnic Malays over minorities such as the Chinese and Indians.
What part of speech is Ketuanan Melayu?
Ketuanan Melayu is a proper noun.

Words near Ketuanan Melayu in the dictionary

  1. kettnerite
  2. Kettners
  3. Ketton
  4. Kettwig
  5. Ketu
  6. Ketuanan Melayu
  7. ketuba
  8. ketubah
  9. ketubahs
  10. ketubbah
  11. ketubbahs

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