Malays
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Plural of Malay: members of the people who form the dominant ethnic group of the Malay Peninsula and much of Malaysia and western Indonesia.
“The community's coastal festivals reflected centuries of tradition among the malays who had first settled the lowland shores.”
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