Malayan
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Malayan (plural Malayans)
- A person from Malaysia or the former Malaya; a Malay.
- 1950 October, R. A. Marshall, “Kuala Lumpur, an important Malayan Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 706:
- The third class is intended to provide cheap travel for the poorest Malayans; wooden seats are the rule, the compensation lying in the fare of four cents a mile (about 1d).
- Either of two lycaenid butterflies of the genus Megisba of Asia and Australasia.
Adjective
[edit]Malayan (comparative more Malayan, superlative most Malayan)
- of, or relating to Malaysia or the former Malaya; Malay
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Armenian Մալայան (Malayan).
Proper noun
[edit]Malayan (plural Malayans)
- A surname from Armenian.
Statistics
[edit]- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Malayan is the 542937th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 23 individuals.
Further reading
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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- en:Gossamer-winged butterflies
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- English surnames from Armenian