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Malesia

Malesia proper noun: a biogeographical region straddling the boundaries of the Indomalaya and Australasia ecozones.

malesia: a biogeographical region straddling the boundaries of the Indomalaya and Australasia ecozones
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Proper noun

Malesia

  1. A biogeographical region straddling the boundaries of the Indomalaya and Australasia ecozones.
  2. A phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom.

Origin of Malesia

From Malay Archipelago.

Questions about Malesia

What does Malesia mean?
Malesia means a biogeographical region straddling the boundaries of the Indomalaya and Australasia ecozones.
What part of speech is Malesia?
Malesia is a proper noun.

Words near Malesia in the dictionary

  1. Malerkotla
  2. maleruption
  3. maleruptions
  4. males
  5. Maleses
  6. Malesia
  7. Malesian
  8. Maleskan
  9. Maleski
  10. Maleskis
  11. malest

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