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PRONUNCIATION OF MALAY PENINSULA

Malay Peninsula  [ˌkɜːsəˈniːsəs ˈɔːrɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MALAY PENINSULA

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adverb
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Malay Peninsula is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MALAY PENINSULA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Malay Peninsula

Malay Peninsula

The Malay Peninsula is a peninsula in Southeast Asia. The land mass runs approximately north-south and, at its terminus, is the southernmost point of the Asian mainland. The area contains the southernmost tip of Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, and Southern Thailand. The Titiwangsa Mountains are part of the Tenasserim Hills system, and form the backbone of the Peninsula. They form the southernmost section of the central cordillera which runs from Tibet through the Kra Isthmus into the Malay peninsula. The Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from the Indonesian island of Sumatra while the south coast is separated from the island of Singapore by the Straits of Johor.

Definition of Malay Peninsula in the English dictionary

The definition of Malay Peninsula in the dictionary is a peninsula of SE Asia, extending south from the Isthmus of Kra in Thailand to Cape Tanjong Piai in Malaysia: consists of SW Thailand and the states of Malaya Ancient name: Chersonesus Aurea,.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MALAY PENINSULA


aporia
əˈpɔːrɪə
Astoria
əˈstɔːrɪə
auditoria
ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːrɪə
coria
ˈkɔːrɪə
dysphoria
dɪsˈfɔːrɪə
emporia
emˈpɔːrɪə
euphoria
juːˈfɔːrɪə
gloria
ˈɡlɔːrɪə
Isauria
aɪˈsɔːrɪə
moratoria
ˌmɒrəˈtɔːrɪə
moria
ˈmɔːrɪə
natatoria
ˌneɪtəˈtɔːrɪə
noria
ˈnɔːrɪə
Peoria
piːˈɔːrɪə
phantasmagoria
ˌfæntæzməˈɡɔːrɪə
Pretoria
prɪˈtɔːrɪə
sanatoria
ˌsænəˈtɔːrɪə
sensoria
sɛnˈsɔːrɪə
thoria
ˈθɔːrɪə
victoria
vɪkˈtɔːrɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MALAY PENINSULA

Malatya
Malawi
Malawian
malax
malaxage
malaxation
malaxator
Malay
Malay Archipelago
Malay States
Malaya
Malayalaam
Malayalam
Malayalee
Malayali
Malayan
Malayan monitor
Malayo-Polynesian
Malaysia
Malaysian

WORDS THAT END LIKE MALAY PENINSULA

Alaska Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
Avalon Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula
Cape Peninsula
Delmarva Peninsula
Eyre Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
insula
Kola Peninsula
Kowloon Peninsula
Lizard Peninsula
Lleyn Peninsula
Olympic Peninsula
peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula
Seward Peninsula
the Peninsula
Upper Peninsula
Ursula
Yorke Peninsula

Synonyms and antonyms of Malay Peninsula in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Malay Peninsula» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MALAY PENINSULA

Find out the translation of Malay Peninsula to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Malay Peninsula from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Malay Peninsula» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

马来半岛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Península de Malaca
570 millions of speakers

English

Malay Peninsula
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मलय प्रायद्वीप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شبه جزيرة الملايو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Малайский полуостров
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Península Malaia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মালয় উপদ্বীপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

péninsule malaise
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Semenanjung Melayu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

malaiischen Halbinsel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マレー半島
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

말레이 반도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Semenanjung Malaya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bán đảo Mã Lai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மலாய் தீபகற்பம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मलय द्वीपकल्प
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Malay Yarımadası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Penisola malese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Półwysep Malajski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Малайський півострів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Peninsula malaezian
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Malay Peninsula
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

malay Peninsula
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Malackahalvön
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Malay -halvøya
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Malay Peninsula

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MALAY PENINSULA»

The term «Malay Peninsula» is normally little used and occupies the 119.420 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MALAY PENINSULA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Malay Peninsula» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Malay Peninsula» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Malay Peninsula

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MALAY PENINSULA»

Discover the use of Malay Peninsula in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Malay Peninsula and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Malay Peninsula: Crossroads of the Maritime Silk-Road ...
This book attempts to give an accurate history of the Malay peninsula from the first centuries of the Chrisitan era to the 14th century, a story of city states and chiefdoms directly connected with the commercial relationship of the ...
Micheal Jacq-Hergoualc'h, 2002
2
The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula
This well-illustrated volume covers the passerines of Singapore, peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand and the tip of Tenasserim (Burma) with their associated island archipelagos.
David R. Wells, 2009
3
Early kingdoms of the Indonesian archipelago and the Malay ...
This book, which draws on a huge body of archaeological and documentary research, provides a much-needed overview of the history of the Malay Peninsula and insular Southeast Asia from its earliest times up till the 16th century.
Paul Michel Munoz, 2006
4
Papers on the Ethnology and Archaeology of the Malay Peninsula
This 1927 volume comprises various papers on Malay beliefs, technology, tribal groups, and some of the antiquities of the Peninsula.
Ivor H. N. Evans, 2011
5
Out East: In the Malay Peninsula
G. E. D. Lewis was lured away from Wales to become a teacher in Malaya by the letters he received from his brothers on colonial service.
Gerwyn Elidor David Lewis, 1991
6
A School Geography of the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago: ...
Including the History of the F.M.S. : with Directions for Teaching Geography, Standards I to IV G. W. Heppponstall. CHAPTER (XV). GENERAL QUESTIONS. 1 What is meant by Geography ? 2 Where is the Malay Peninsula ? 3 Of what ...
G. W. Heppponstall, 1907
7
The Malay Peninsula: Historical and Geographical
THE MALAY PENINSULA. Further India or Indo-China is divided by the Gulf of Siam into two peninsulas. The more westerly and southerly of the two stretches from the head of the Gulf to Tanjong Bulus in .Johore, a distance of about 900 miles, ...
C. M. Phillips, 1906
8
Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula
Skeat, W. W. Malay Magic, an Introduction to the Folklore and Popular Religion of the Malay Peninsula. London : Macmillan. 1900. Skeat, W. W. First Report on Results of the Cambridge Exploring Expedition to the Malay Provinces of Lower ...
Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden, 1906
9
A Geography of the Malay Peninsula and Surrounding Countries
A. M. Skinner. they must be taken as showing the proportions, rather than the exact numbers, which probably exceed these totals. The enumeration of the Malays and Chinese at the Colony's last Census (1881) gave precisely the same  ...
A. M. Skinner, 1884
10
The RGA history of the plantation industry in the Malay ...
This is a straightforward history of the modern plantation industry in Peninsular Malaysia, from its origins on the new British settlement of Penang in the 1780s till the days of the Mahathir era 200 years later.
D. J. M. Tate, Rubber Growers' Association, RGA (Malaysia) Berhad, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MALAY PENINSULA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Malay Peninsula is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Invisible' Black Leopard Spots Finally Revealed [PHOTOS]
... an entire population composed of black individuals and scientists have no idea why it predominates in the Malay Peninsula," Laurie Hedges, ... «Nature World News, Jul 15»
2
Yes, Black Leopards Actually Have Spots
The black leopards of the Malay Peninsula have remained somewhat of a mystery to scientists. Not only are they rare, but until recently, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Plants in cold storage
But, due to a recessive gene that causes melanism, most of the leopards prowling the Malay Peninsula are black—even their spots—making it ... «Science Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Description in Constitution needs relook
They were once people of the Celebes and of coastal Borneo, who expanded on to Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula as a result of their ... «New Straits Times Online, Jul 15»
5
See the secret spots hidden in the fur of black panthers
... and his colleagues came up with the technique while studying the peculiar leopard population on the Malay Peninsula, where almost all the ... «New Scientist, Jul 15»
6
Emerging Markets: Singapore's Remarkable 50 Years
... from a fishing village to an island nation comprising 63 islands, strategically located just off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula. «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
7
Let map exhibition travel worldwide
... marked "Most Secret", of the British Army's mapping of Japanese troops' movement down the Malay Peninsula until the day Singapore fell. «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
8
The baju kurung: a Malaysian icon of modesty
Originating from the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia, the baju kurung is a two-piece: a long-sleeve top worn over a long skirt. Loosely ... «Aquila Style, Jul 15»
9
Arab culture no overnight phenomenon but centuries-old adaptation …
... by Arab traders since the 14th century,” Jais director Datuk Haris Kasim said by email, using the Malay word to refer to the Malay peninsula. «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
10
Thailand's Aim For IUU Compliance Makes “Freshly Thawed” The …
The situation is similar at Trang on the west side of the Malay Peninsula facing the Andaman Sea where some 60 trawlers without logbooks ... «The Establishment Post, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Malay Peninsula [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/malay-peninsula>. May 2024 ».
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