Malaysia
/məˈleɪ̯ʒə/
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British/məˈlɛjʒə/
Malaysia proper noun: a country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
Proper noun
Malaysia
- A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
- The Malay Archipelago.
- For the purpose of topographical description, Malaysia may be divided into six groups of islands, namely — 1. Sumatra, and the smaller islands adjacent ; 2. The long chain of islands which extends east and west from the Strait of Sunda to New Guinea, including Java, Madura, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa...1842, System of Descriptive Geography, Founded on the Works of Malte-Burn and Balbi, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 974
Malaysia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Malaysia in Hindi
- country in Southeast Asia
- मलेशिया maleśiyā
Malaysia in Tamil
- country in Southeast Asia
- மலேசியா malēciyā
Malaysia in Marathi
- country in Southeast Asia
- मलेशिया maleśiyā
Malaysia in Urdu
- country in Southeast Asia
- مَلائِیشِیا malāīśiyā, مَلائِشِیا malāiśiyā
More languagesFewer languages
- Malaysia in Bengali
- মালয়েশিয়া malẏeśiẏa
- Malaysia in Telugu
- మలేషియా malēṣiyā
- Malaysia in Malayalam
- മലേഷ്യ malēṣya
- Malaysia in Kannada
- ಮಲೇಶಿಯ malēśiya
- Malaysia in Punjabi
- ਮਲੇਸ਼ੀਆ maleśīā, مَلیشیا maleśeyā
- Malaysia in Gujarati
- મલેશિયા maleśiyā
- Malaysia in Odia
- ମାଲେସିଆ mālesiā
- Malaysia in Sanskrit
- मलयेशिया malayeśiyā, मलेशिया maleśiyā, मलेशियादेश maleśiyādeśa
- Malaysia in Sinhala
- මලයාසියාව malayāsiyāwa
- Malaysia in Assamese
- মালয়েছিয়া maloyesia
- Malaysia in Nepali
- मलेशिया maleśiyā
- Malaysia in Pashto
- مالیزیا māleziyā, مالېزيا māleziyā
- Malaysia in Tagalog
- Malasya
- Malaysia in Arabic
- مَالَيْزِيَا malayziyā
- Malaysia in Malay
- Malaysia
- Malaysia in Indonesian
- Malaysia
- Malaysia in Thai
- มาเลเซีย maa-lee-siia
- Malaysia in Vietnamese
- Ma-lai-xi-a, Mã Lai
- Malaysia in Myanmar
- မလေးရှား ma.le:hra:
- Sindhi
- ملائيشيا mlāeśyā
- Dhivehi
- މެލޭޝިޔާ melēšiyā
Origin of Malaysia
Affixation of Malay + -sia (alternative form of -ia), coined by British geographers in the 19th century as one of several terms used to refer to the Malay Archipelago, can be translated as "land of the Malays". A popular folk etymology holds that the country name was formed by adding ⟨-si-⟩ to Malaya, short for the former Federation of Malaya, to honour the inclusion of Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo (Sabah) when the country was formed.
Words formed from Malaysia
Questions about Malaysia
- What does Malaysia mean?
- Malaysia means a country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
- What is Malaysia in Hindi?
- Malaysia in Hindi is मलेशिया (maleśiyā). See Malaysia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Malaysia?
- Malaysia is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Malaysia?
- Malaysia is pronounced /məˈleɪ̯ʒə/ (UK).
Words near Malaysia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Malaysia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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