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Malay may refer to:

Language

• Malay language, the language of Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, lingua franca of Samudera-Pasai (Malay Archipelago)
• Old Malay language(s), possible ancestor(s) of Bahasa Melayu, and the Indonesian language
• Sri Lankan Creole Malay language, a language spoken by the Malay ethnic minority in Sri Lanka

People

• Malays (ethnic group), the ethnic group located primarily in the Malay peninsula, and parts of Sumatra and Borneo
• Malay race, a racial category encompassing peoples of South East Asia and sometimes the Pacific Islands
• Malaysian Malays, a constitutionally defined group of Muslim Malaysian citizens
• Malays in Singapore
• Cape Malays, an ethnic group or community in South Africa
• Cocos Malays, the predominant group ethnic group of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, now part of Australia
• Overseas Malays, people of Malay ancestry living outside Malaysia and neighbouring ethnic Malay home areas

Geography

• Malay Peninsula, the geographic area containing Malaysia and Singapore, as well as parts of Myanmar and Thailand
• Malay Archipelago, the group of islands located between mainland Southeast Asia (Indochina) and Australia
• Malay, Aklan, a municipality in the Philippines

Political or Historic

• Malayan Union, a confederation of Malayan states formed in 1946 under the British—later became Malaysia.
• Malay states, a group of nine states of Malaysia (all located in West Malaysia) which have hereditary rulers
• Federation of Malaya, a federation formed in 1948 from the British settlements of Penang and Malacca and the nine Malay states, replacing the Malayan Union
• Several communes in France:
  • Malay, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire département
  • Malay-le-Grand, in the Yonne département
  • Malay-le-Petit, in the Yonne département
• Melayu Kingdom or Malayu kingdom once prospered in Jambi, Indonesia as part of Srivijaya.

Other

• Jessi Malay, an American singer
• Malay Chicken, a breed of chicken

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