Indo-Malayan

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adjective

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: of or relating to the insular and mainland areas of southeastern Asia

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: of or relating to the Malayan biogeographic subdivision : malayan

Indo-Malayan

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noun

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: a member of one of the major ethnic groups that embrace the inhabitants of mainland and insular southeastern Asia including the island chains from Indonesia through the Ryukyus

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