Malay \Ma*lay"\, Malayan \Ma*lay"an\, prop. a.
   Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. -- n. The
   Malay language.
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   Malay apple (Bot.), a myrtaceous tree (Eugenia
      Malaccensis) common in India; also, its applelike fruit.
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	Malayan
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia;
           "Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers";
           "Malayan crocodiles" [syn: Malaysian, Malayan]
    2: of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language
       of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the
       western Malay Archipelago; "Malay peoples"; "Malayan syllable
       structure" [syn: Malay, Malayan]
    n 1: a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay
         Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay
         Archipelago [syn: Malay, Malayan]