Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definitions: Malayan |
MalayanAdjective1. Of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; "Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers"; "Malayan crocodiles". 2. Of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the N Malay Peninsula and parts of the W Malay Archipelago; "Malay peoples"; "Malayan syllable structure". Noun1. A member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Malayan" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| MAL | English | Malayan Airways Ltd. | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: MalayanSynonyms: Malaysian (adj), Malay (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Malayan |
| English words defined with "Malayan": Bruang ♦ Cananga, Canangium ♦ genus Cananga, genus Canangium, genus Metroxylon, genus Tomistoma ♦ Malayan tapir, Metroxylon ♦ Nephelium lappaceum ♦ rambotan, rambutan, rambutan tree ♦ Sun bear ♦ Tomistoma. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Malayan": Ancrod ♦ Brugia malayi ♦ dulong ♦ Indonesian languages and cultures ♦ mutu. (references) |
| Domain | Title | ||
References |
| ||
Books |
| ||
Periodicals |
| ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Palau | Ethnic groups: Palauans are Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian elements. (references) |
Singapore | In 1946, the Straits Settlements was dissolved; Penang and Malacca became part of the Malayan Union, and Singapore became a separate British Crown Colony. (references) | |
Malaysia | As a result, India sent large and seaworthy ships, with crews reported to have numbered in the hundreds, to Southeast Asia, including the Malayan Peninsula, to seek alternative sources. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Malayan" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Malayan" is used about 44 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 44 | 51,500 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Malaysia | Malayan Banking Berhad |
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "Malayan": Malayan bear ♦ Malayan camphor ♦ malayan tapir. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "Malayan": pan-malayan. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
malayan union | 65 |
malayan banking berhad | 12 |
malayan banking | 10 |
journal law malayan | 8 |
malayan sejarah union | 7 |
malayan tapir | 5 |
malayan box turtle | 5 |
malayan picture union | 5 |
malayan railway | 5 |
bank malayan | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Malayan"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | malezian. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | малайски (malay). (various references) | |
Chinese | 马来亚. (various references) | |
Czech | malajský. (various references) | |
Danish | malaysisk naturforyngelsessystem (Malayan Uniform System), malajisk skaeldyr (Malayan pangolin), stor naesehornsfugl (Malayan rhinoceros hornbill), skaberaktapir (Indian tapir, Malayan tapir), indisk tapir (Indian tapir, Malayan tapir), Brugia malayi-filariose (Malayan filariasis). (various references) | |
Dutch | Maleise tapir (Indian tapir, Malayan tapir), Maleis schubdier (Malayan pangolin), Sjabraktapir (Indian tapir, Malayan tapir), Rinocerosneushoornvogel (Malayan rhinoceros hornbill), Javaansschubdier (Malayan pangolin), Indische tapir (Indian tapir, Malayan tapir), gewone of Maleise neushorenvogel (Malayan rhinoceros hornbill), gewone of Maleise neushoornvogel (Malayan rhinoceros hornbill), filariasis (lymphatic filariasis, Malayan filariasis). (various references) | |
Farsi | اهل ماله(مالایا). (various references) | |
Finnish | Malesian filarioosi (Malayan filariasis), Malesian filariaasi (Malayan filariasis). (various references) | |
French | méthode uniforme malaise (Malayan Uniform System), tapir de l'Inde (Malayan tapir), pangolin malais (Malayan pangolin), filariose de Malaisie (Malayan filariasis), calao rhinocéros (Malayan rhinoceros hornbill). (various references) | |
German | malaiisch (malay), malaiin (malay), malaie (malay). (various references) | |
Greek | καλάος ο ρινόκερως (Malayan rhinoceros hornbill), Μαλαισιακόν ομοιόμορφον σύστημα υλοτομίας (Malayan Uniform System), μαλαϊκός αγκολίνος (Malayan pangolin), φιλαρίαση της Μαλαισίας (Malayan filariasis), τάπιρος ο μαλαϊκός (Indian tapir, Malayan tapir). (various references) | |
Italian | trattamento uniforme malese (Malayan Uniform System), tapiro della gualdrappa (Indian tapir, Malayan tapir), pangolino di Giava (Malayan pangolin), filariasi della Malesia (Malayan filariasis). (various references) | |
Manx | Malayagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alayanmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | malaio (iban, malay, Malaysia, Malaysian). (various references) | |
Russian | малайский (malay). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | malajski (malay). (various references) | |
Spanish | malayo (Malay). (various references) | |
Swedish | malaysisk, malaysier (Malaysian). (various references) | |
Turkish | malaya'lı, malayalı (malay). (various references) | |
Ukranian | мала"ць (malay), малайська мова (malay), малайський (malay), малайка (malay). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người Mã-lai. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Buceros rhinoceros rhinoceros, Manis javanica, Tapirus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Malayan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Babayan, kalayaan, Maclayne, Malacaang, Malagan, Malahat, Malakand, Mallabar, Malyon, Melikyan, Milupan, Mouayad, Mulayam, Nahayan. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-l-m-n-y" | |
-1 letter: layman. | |
-2 letters: manly, mayan, nyala. | |
-3 letters: alan, alma, amyl, anal, lama, mana, many, maya, myna. | |
-4 letters: aal, ala, ama, ana, any, lam, lay, man, may, nam, nay, yam. | |
-5 letters: aa, al, am, an, ay, la, ma, my, na, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-l-m-n-y" | |
+2 letters: adamantly, salaryman. | |
+3 letters: cavalryman, manageably, maniacally. | |
+5 letters: anatomically, managerially, paranormally, pyromaniacal, unmanageably. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6C 61 79 61 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .-.. .- -.--. .- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101100 01100001 01111001 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a l a y a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006C 0061 0079 0061 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47677867916780 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Company Usage | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Abbreviations 14. Acronyms 15. Derivations 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
