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Malaya is an old name, not the name of the country on today's map. It once meant the Malay Peninsula — the long finger of land in southeast Asia — and later the country on most of that peninsula (the Federation of Malaya). In 1963 that country joined with others to form Malaysia, so Malaya now belongs to history books, old maps, and the names of groups started before that change. The same land is now usually called Malaysia or West Malaysia. If you say Malaya for the modern country, people may think you mean the past.
組成From Malay + -ia, a Latin-style ending for a place. Compare Malaysia.
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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Malayaname/məˈleɪ.ə/
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historicalA peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia constituting the southern part of the Malay Peninsula and several nearby islands, currently forming the western part of Malaysia; now known as West Malaysia or Peninsular Malaysia.
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historicalA group of former British colonies and protectorates in Southeast Asia, existing on the southern part of the Malay Peninsula from 1826 to 1957, excepting the period of Japanese occupation during World War II; in full, British Malaya.
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historicalA former colony and later a former independent country in Southeast Asia, existing on the southern part of the Malay Peninsula from 1948 to 1963; independent from 1957 and merged in 1963 with the territories of East Malaysia, forming modern Malaysia; in full, Federation of Malaya.
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