Malay Peninsula

noun

1. a peninsula in SE Asia, consisting of W (mainland) Malaysia and the S part of Thailand.

Malay Peninsula

noun

1. a peninsula of SE Asia, extending south from the Isthmus of Kra in Thailand to Cape Tanjong Piai in Malaysia: consists of SW Thailand and the states of Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia) Ancient nameChersonesus Aureaˌkɜːsəˈniːsəs ˈɔːrɪə

Example Sentences

As we'd once left Singapore, now Laila and I had recently been considering moving from the Malay Peninsula altogether.

From The Daily Beast

We might have created a force large enough to clear the Malay Peninsula, then Southeast Asia, and from there, who knows?

From The Daily Beast

Such, for example, is the bamboo nose-flute, occasionally found among the inland tribes of the Malay Peninsula.

From Project Gutenberg

Deposits of tin occur under just the same circumstances in the Malay Peninsula.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Malay Peninsula the magician makes an image like a corpse, a footstep long.

From Project Gutenberg

It was perhaps originally in Sumatra and in other islands near to the Malay Peninsula.

From Project Gutenberg

And here was the information that they were close to Sumatra, in the neighbourhood of the Malay Peninsula.

From Project Gutenberg