MALAYO-

Meaning of MALAYO- in English

■ combining form Malay; Malay and …: ~Polynesian.

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MALAYO- — combining form Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: malay (II) + -o- : Malayan and Malayo -Indonesian
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MALAYO- — a combining form of Malay .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MALAYO- — comb. form Malayan and (Malayo-Chinese). [MALAY]
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MALAYO-POLYNESIAN — I. mə|lā(ˌ)ō, (|)mā|l-+ adjective Usage: usually capitalized M&P 1. : of, relating to, or characteristic of both the Malays and …
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MALAYO-INDONESIAN — I. mə|lā(ˌ)ō, (|)mā|l-+ adjective Usage: usually capitalized M&I 1. : of, relating to, or characteristic of both the Malays and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MALAYO-POLYNESIAN — /meuh lay"oh pol'euh nee"zheuhn, -sheuhn/ , n. , adj. Austronesian.
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MALAYO-POLYNESIAN — ■ noun another term for Austronesian .
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MALAYO-POLYNESIAN — Malayo-Polynesian BrE AmE mə ˌleɪ əʊ ˌpɒl i ˈniːz i‿ən -ˈniːʒ-, -ˈniːʒ ə n AmE \ -oʊ ˌpɑːl ə ˈniːʒ …
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FAR — layo;layu;malayo;sa layo
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MAYOTTE — Southeasternmost island (pop., 2002 est.: 165,000) of the Comoros archipelago, a French overseas territorial collectivity. Located northwest of Madagascar, it …
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MADAGASCAR — officially Republic of Madagascar Country, occupying the island of Madagascar, off the southeastern coast of Africa. The island is the …
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LANGUAGE — I System of conventional spoken or written symbols used by people in a shared culture to communicate with each other. …
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GUAM — Island (pop., 2000: 154,805), largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands , Micronesia. Guam is an unincorporated U.S. territory; its …
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AUSTRONESIAN LANGUAGES — formerly Malayo-Polynesian languages Family of about 1,200 languages spoken by more than 200 million people in Indonesia, the Philippines, Madagascar, …
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MALAY — I. məˈlā, ˈmāˌlā noun Etymology: obsolete Dutch Malayo (now Maleier ) from Malay Mĕlayu 1. -s capitalized : a member …
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BALINESE — I. |bälə|nēz, |ba-, -lē, -nēs noun ( plural balinese ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Dutch Balinees, adjective & noun, from …
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ALFUR — ˈalˌf(y)u̇(ə)r noun also al·fu·ro alˈf(y)u̇(ˌ)rō ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Spanish alfur, alfor, from Portuguese alforro, of Malayo-Indonesian …
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MICRONESIAN — /muy'kreuh nee"zheuhn, -sheuhn/ , adj. 1. of or pertaining to Micronesia, its inhabitants, or their languages. n. 2. a native …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AUSTRONESIAN — /aw'stroh nee"zheuhn, -sheuhn/ , n. 1. Also called Malayo-Polynesian . a family of languages spoken in the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, …
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MALAY — noun Etymology: obsolete Dutch Malayo (now Maleier ), from Malay Mĕlayu Date: 1598 1. : a member of a people …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MALAY — [Ma.lay] n [obs. D Malayo (now Maleier), fr. Malay Melayu] (1598) 1: a member of a people of the Malay …
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TORADJA — group of peoples of central Celebes (Sulawesi), Indonesia. They are believed to be descendants of the invading Austronesian-speaking people that …
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TETUM — also spelled Tetun, or Tettum, people indigenous to the narrow central section of Timor, easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands, …
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TAU SUG — one of the largest of the Muslim cultural-linguistic groups of the Philippines. Numbering about 500,000 in the late 20th century, …
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TAIWAN STRAIT — also called Formosa Strait, Chinese (Wade-Giles) T'ai-wan Hai-hsia, or (Pinyin) Taiwan Haixia, arm of the Pacific Ocean, 100 miles (160 …
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TAGALOG LANGUAGE — member of the Central Philippine branch of the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family and the base for Pilipino, an official language …
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INDONESIA, FLAG OF — horizontally divided red-white national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is 2 to 3. Indonesia's flag was officially adopted on August 17, …
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AUSTRONESIAN LANGUAGES — formerly called Malayo-polynesian, family of languages spoken in most of the Indonesian Archipelago; all of the Philippines, Madagascar, and the …
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AUSTRONESIAN LANGUAGES — formerly Malayo-Polynesian languages Family of about 1,200 languages spoken by more than 200 million people in Indonesia, the Philippines, Madagascar, …
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LANGUAGE — n. 25B6; noun the structure of language : SPEECH, writing, communication, conversation, speaking, talking, talk, discourse; words, vocabulary. the English …
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