Malay

Malay can refer to:

• The language of Malaysia, Bahasa Melayu
• The Old Malay language(s), ancestor(s) of modern Tagalog, Bahasa Melayu, and Bahasa Indonesia
• The Malay people
• The Malay Peninsula, the geographic area containing Malaysia and Singapore, as well as parts of Myanmar and Thailand
• The Malay archipelago, the group of islands located between mainland Southeast Asia (Indochina) and Australia, containing all or parts of Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea
• The Malayan Union, a confederation of Malayan states formed in 1946 under the British—later became Malaysia.
• The Malay states, a group of nine states of Malaysia (all located in West Malaysia) which have hereditary rulers
• The Federation of Malaya, a federation formed in 1948 from the British settlements of Penang and Malacca and the nine Malay states; replaced the Malayan Union
• Something from or related to Malaysia
• An Indian name for boys, Malay, which means air blowing from the Sandalwood mountain Malayagrih (House of Malay)

See also

• Cape Malays
• Malay nationalism
• Malay, Aklan, a municipality in the Philippines

Malay is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:

• Malay, in the Saône-et-Loire département
• Malay-le-Grand, in the Yonne département
• Malay-le-Petit, in the Yonne département