Malaya refers to a number of historical and current political entities related to what is currently Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia:

Political entities

British Malaya The term "British Malaya" (; ms, Tanah Melayu British) loosely describes a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Singapore that were brought under British hegemony or control between the late 18th and the mid-20th century. U ...

(1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits Settlements and the British protectorates of the Malay States *

Malayan Union The Malayan Union was a union of the Malay states and the Straits Settlements of Penang and Malacca. It was the successor to British Malaya and was conceived to unify the Malay Peninsula under a single government to simplify administratio ...

(1946–1948), a post-war British colony consisting of all the states and settlements in British Malaya except Singapore *

Federation of Malaya The Federation of Malaya ( ms, Persekutuan Tanah Melayu; Jawi script, Jawi: ) was a federation of what previously had been British Malaya comprising eleven states (nine Malay states and two of the British Empire, British Straits Settlements, P ...

(1948–1963), the successor to the Malayan Union, which gained independence within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1957 * States of Malaya (1963-Present), the States of the Federation of Malaya following the merger with the self-governing State of Singapore and the Colonies of

North Borneo North Borneo (usually known as British North Borneo, also known as the State of North Borneo) was a British Protectorate, British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo, which is present day Sabah. The territory of North Borneo ...

(renamed Sabah), Sarawak to form the Federation of Malaysia

Geography

Malaya comprises the States of Malaya and Singapore

Science

* '' Megisba malaya'', a butterfly commonly called the Malayan

People

Malaya Akulukjuk Malaya Akulukjuk was an Inuit artist who drew works inspired by her life as a shaman and Inuit spirituality through depictions of human-animal transformations. Akulukjuk was born in 1915 (though some sources state 1912 and 1921), and lived a tradit ...

(born 1915?), Canadian Inuit artist * Malaya Drew (born 1978), American actress *

Malaya Marcelino Malaya Marcelino is a Canadians, Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2019 Manitoba general election.Bryce Hoye"Meet the rookies: Manitobans elect 13 first-time MLAs" CBC News Manitoba, September 11 ...

, Canadian politician *

Oxana Malaya Oksana Oleksandrivna Malaya ( uk, Оксана Олександрівна Малая, born 4 November 1983), better known as Oxana Malaya, is a Ukrainian woman internationally known for her dog-imitating behavior. Malaya has been the subject of ...

(born 1983), Ukrainian mental patient known for her morbid dog-like childhood behaviour

Other uses

* University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia * , a Royal Navy battleship which served in both world wars *

Operation Malaya Operation Malaya ( es, Operación Malaya) is a Spanish anti-corruption campaign in the southern resort city of Marbella. It began in 2006 and it is being carried out by the '' Policía Nacional'' under the direction of Judge Miguel Ángel Torres. ...

, a police investigation taking place in Spain * ''Malaya'' (film), a 1949 American war film set in Japanese-occupied Malaya * ''Malaya'' (newspaper), a newspaper in the Philippines * Malaya Mountains, a place in Hindu mythology *

Malaya Kuonamka The Malaya Kuonamka (russian: Малая Куонамка; sah, Кыра Куонамка) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a right tributary of the Anabar with a length of . Its drainage basin area is . The river flows no ...

, a river in Yakutia, Russia

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