Malaya refers to a number of historical and current political entities related to what is currently
Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia:
Political entities
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Megisba malaya'', a butterfly commonly called the Malayan
People
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Malaya Akulukjuk (born 1915?), Canadian Inuit artist
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Malaya Drew (born 1978), American actress
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Malaya Marcelino, Canadian politician
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Oxana Malaya (born 1983), Ukrainian mental patient known for her morbid dog-like childhood behaviour
Other uses
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University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
* , a Royal Navy battleship which served in both world wars
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Operation Malaya, a police investigation taking place in Spain
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''Malaya'' (film), a 1949 American war film set in Japanese-occupied Malaya
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''Malaya'' (newspaper), a newspaper in the Philippines
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Malaya Mountains, a place in Hindu mythology
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Malaya Kuonamka, a river in Yakutia, Russia
See also
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M'alayah, a dance of East Africa and Eastern Arabia
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Malay (disambiguation)
Malay may refer to:
Languages
* Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore
** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century
** Indonesi ...
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Malayalam, a South Asian language
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Malays (disambiguation)
Malays may refer to:
* Malay race, a racial category encompassing peoples of Southeast Asia and sometimes the Pacific Islands
** Overseas Malays, people of Malay race ancestry living outside Malay archipelago home areas
** Cape Malays, a communi ...
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Malays (ethnic group)
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Malaysia, a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia
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Malaysian (disambiguation)
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