Associations to the word «Malaya»

Wiktionary

MALAYA, proper noun. The Malay Peninsula
MALAYA, proper noun. An independent country in South East Asia from 1957-1963

Dictionary definition

MALAYA, noun. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats