Malaysia
n.
country located on the southeastern tip of Asia and on the northern coast of the island of Borneo
Malaysia
Malaysia (
IPA: ) is a
federation of
thirteen states in
Southeast Asia. The country consists of two geographical regions divided by the
South China Sea:
Peninsular Malaysia (or West Malaysia) on the
Malay Peninsula shares a land border on the north with
Thailand and is connected by the
Johor-Singapore Causeway and the
Malaysia-Singapore Second Link to the south with
Singapore. It consists of nine sultanates (
Johor,
Kedah,
Kelantan,
Negeri Sembilan,
Pahang,
Perak,
Perlis,
Selangor and
Terengganu), two states headed by governors (
Malacca and
Penang), and two federal territories (
Putrajaya and
Kuala Lumpur).
Malaysian Borneo (or East Malaysia) occupies the northern part of the island of
Borneo, bordering
Indonesia and surrounding the Sultanate of
Brunei. It consists of the states of
Sabah and
Sarawak and the federal territory of
Labuan.
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Malaysia
Noun
1. a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957
(synonym) Malaya
(hypernym) Asian country, Asian nation
(member-holonym) Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN
(part-holonym) Indochina, Indochinese peninsula
(member-meronym) Malay, Malayan
(part-meronym) East Malaysia
(class) godown
Malaysia
n.
Malaysia, country in southeastern Asia
Malaysia
n.
Malaysia, country located on the southeastern tip of Asia and on the northern coast of the island of Borneo