Malay

Malay has several meanings:

People and language

Malays, ethnic group mainly live in Sumatra, Riau islands, Borneo, and Malacca peninsula
Malayali, ethnic group predominantly live in India
Malay language, the language of the Malays; spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia
Malayalam language, the language of the Malayali
Indonesian language, the official language form that used as the basis of Standard Malay language
Old Malay language, the ancestor of the Malay language
Malay race, an outdated proposed racial category corresponding to the linguistic group of Austronesian people

Malay Archipelago, an umbrella term used for Indonesian Archipelago and Philippines Archipelago, located between mainland Southeast Asia and Australia
Malay Land, a term used for the region where the Malays inhabit; initially refers spesifically to Sumatra island, but nowadays including the surrounding areas of Sumatra as well
Malay Peninsula, a peninsula in Southeast Asia
Several communes in France:
- Malay, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire département
- Malay-le-Grand, in the Yonne département
- Malay-le-Petit, in the Yonne département

Malaysia, the modern country
Malay states, the nine states of Malaysia that have hereditary rulers
Malay Kingdom, a kingdom centered in Jambi (in the eastern hemisphere of Sumatra) that was part of the Srivijaya empire

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