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  • 1. peninsula
  • Rhymes with Malay-peninsula
  • 2. Malay
  • 3. Malay
  • 4. Malay
Table of Contents
  • 1. peninsula
  • Rhymes with Malay-peninsula
  • 2. Malay
  • 3. Malay
  • 4. Malay
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology

1. peninsula

noun. ['pəˈnɪnsələ'] a large mass of land projecting into a body of water.

Synonyms

  • land
  • solid ground
  • earth
  • ground
  • dry land

Antonyms

  • leave
  • disconnect
  • unfasten
  • figure

Etymology

  • paeninsula (Latin)
  • paene (Latin)

Rhymes with Malay Peninsula

2. Malay

noun. a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages.

Synonyms

  • Bahasa Kebangsaan
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian
  • Bahasa Indonesia
  • Indonesian
  • Malaysian
  • Bahasa Melayu
  • Bahasa

Etymology

  • Melayu (Malay (macrolanguage))

3. Malay

adjective. 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.

Etymology

  • Melayu (Malay (macrolanguage))

4. Malay

noun. a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago.

Synonyms

  • Malayan
  • Malay Peninsula
  • East Indies
  • Asiatic
  • Malaysia
  • Malaya
  • East India
  • Malay Archipelago

Etymology

  • Melayu (Malay (macrolanguage))
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