Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun malayan

1 sense of malayan

Sense 1
Malay, Malayan -- (a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago)
       => Asian, Asiatic -- (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Similarity of adj malayan

2 senses of malayan

Sense 1
Malaysian, Malayan -- (of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; "Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers"; "Malayan crocodiles")

Sense 2
Malay, Malayan -- (of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago; "Malay peoples"; "Malayan syllable structure")