name
Malaysia
muh-LAY-zhuh
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A country in Southeast Asia made up of a peninsular region and part of the island of Borneo.
"Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia."
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Etymology
Coined by 19th-century British geographers from "Malay" plus -sia, roughly meaning "land of the Malays"; popularly (though inaccurately) explained as an extension of the earlier name "Malaya."