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British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits Settlements and the British protectorates of the Malay States. Malayan Union (1946–1948), a post-war British colony consisting of all the states and settlements in British Malaya except Singapore.
1 day ago · Malaysia, country of Southeast Asia, lying just north of the Equator, that is composed of two noncontiguous regions: Peninsular Malaysia, which is on the Malay Peninsula, and East Malaysia, which is on the island of Borneo. The Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, lies in the western part of the peninsula.
Malaysia is a federation of 13 states and three federal territories. [97] These are divided between two regions, with 11 states and two federal territories on Peninsular Malaysia and the other two states and one federal territory in East Malaysia. Each state is divided into districts, which are then divided into mukim.
Malay Peninsula, in Southeast Asia, a long, narrow appendix of the mainland extending south for a distance of about 700 miles (1,127 km) through the Isthmus of Kra to Cape Piai, the southernmost point of the Asian continent; its maximum width is 200 miles (322 km), and it covers roughly 70,000.
History of Malaysia, a survey of the notable events and people in the history of Malaysia from ancient times to the present. A Southeast Asian country lying just north of the Equator, Malaysia is composed of two noncontiguous regions: Peninsular Malaysia (Semenanjung Malaysia), also called West.
Hat Yai. The Malay Peninsula [a] is located in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area contains Peninsular Malaysia, Southern Thailand, and the southernmost tip of Myanmar ( Kawthaung ).
Oct 31, 2021 · Most scholars agree that ‘Malaysia’ is derived from ‘Malay’, the dominant Malay speaking ethnic group that populated much of Sumatra and the other islands of the Malay Archipelago. This ...
Malaya was the colonial British term for its colonies on the Malay Peninsula. The modern countries in the area are: Malaysia which incorporates most of the peninsula plus several island territories; Singapore, a densely populated and highly developed island city-state at the tip of the peninsula
2 days ago · Malay, any member of an ethnic group of the Malay Peninsula and portions of adjacent islands of Southeast Asia, including the east coast of Sumatra, the coast of Borneo, and smaller islands that lie between these areas. The Malays speak various dialects belonging to the Austronesian.
