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Malaya

noun
1.
A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957.  Synonym: Malaysia.



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"Malaya" Quotes from Famous Books



... With proper tone by rules ordained, On deepest meditation bent, In holy might preeminent. Then as with hands in reverence raised Absorbed in thought he eastward gazed, The deities he thus addressed Came each in semblance manifest. Delicious gales that cooled the frame From Malaya and Dardar came, That kissed those scented hills and threw Auspicious fragrance where they blew. Then falling fast in sweetest showers Came from the sky immortal flowers, And all the airy region round With heavenly drums was made to ...
— The Ramayana • VALMIKI
... of his accession to the throne, as will presently appear, are differently told. Once, however, made King of Malaya, the modern Malwa, a province of Western Upper India, he so distinguished himself that the Hindu fabulists, with their usual brave kind of speaking, have made him "bring the whole earth under the shadow ...
— Vikram and the Vampire • Sir Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Malaya" :   Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Putrajaya, Asian country, Jemaah Islamiyah, al-Ma'unah, Malay, godown, Islamic Group, JI, capital of Malaysia, Malaysia Militant Group, ASEAN, East Malaysia, Asian nation, West Malaysia, Malaysian, Indochina, Malaysia, Indochinese peninsula, Islamic Community, Malaysian Mujahidin Group


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