Malaysia

geographical name

Ma·​lay·​sia mə-ˈlā-zh(ē-)ə 

-sh(ē-)ə

1

malay archipelago

—a formerly used name

2

country bordering the South China Sea in southeastern Asia, a union of Malaya, Sabah (North Borneo), Sarawak, and (until 1965) Singapore; a federal constitutional monarchy in the Commonwealth of Nations; capital Kuala Lumpur area 127,355 square miles (329,847 square kilometers), population 31,810,000

Malaysian

mə-ˈlā-zhən 

-shən

adjective or noun