Main Entry: Ma·lay·sia

Pronunciation: \mə-ˈlā-zh(ē-)ə, -sh(ē-)ə\

Function: geographical name

1 malay archipelago
2 country SE Asia, a union of Malaya, Sabah (North Borneo), Sarawak, & (until 1965) Singapore; a federal constitutional monarchy in the Commonwealth of Nations ∗ Kuala Lumpur area 128,727 square miles (333,403 square kilometers), population 19,077,000

— Ma·lay·sian \mə-ˈlā-zhən, -shən\ adjective or noun