malaya in English

noun
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a former country in Southeast Asia that consists of the southern part of the Malay Peninsula and some adjacent islands (originally including Singapore) and that now forms the western part of the federation of Malaysia and is known as West Malaysia. The area was colonized by the Dutch, Portuguese, and the British, who eventually dominated; the several Malay states federated under British control in 1896. The country became independent in 1957, and the federation expanded and became Malaysia in 1963.

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1. 4 a tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra.

2. 24 B Indonesian confrontation against a Singapore defence agreement with Malaya.

3. 3 C Indonesian confrontation against the Singapore Malaya merger proposal.

4. 26 Yesterday, the Japanese government also launched an attack against Malaya.

5. 15 A Indonesian confrontation over a Singapore trading pact with Malaya.

6. 13 The novel is set in pre - independence Malaya, in 19

7. 5 In parts of Malaya ,[www.Sentencedict.com] the women keep harems of men.

8. On 8 December 1941, Japanese forces landed at Kota Bharu in northern Malaya.

9. 7 After the liberation of Malaya, there were a few letters from him.

10. In 1932, Yusof joined Warta Malaya, a well-known newspaper during that time.

11. 8: Japanese troops penetrated the outer lines of defense at Kuala Lumpur, Malaya.

12. 9 Japanese troops landed in Thailand, marched into Malaya, and seized Hong Kong.

13. 23 Yesterday, the Japanese government too launched an attack one abundance times t Malaya.

14. 6 During the Japanese military occupation of Malaya, all contacts between us were broken.

15. Even people of Indian origin in countries like Kenya, Thailand , Trinidad, Siam, Sri Lanka and Malaya.

16. 11 Quick massive air reinforcements of Malaya could cut off and doom the Jap invaders.

17. 12 The SAS were in Malaya in the 1940 s and Aden in the 1960 s.

18. 22 Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away, Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay.

19. 10 Gu Hongming was born in 1857 in Malaya in South Asia . Who is this man?

20. -icus (Latin) a suffix meaning belonging to: the Banteng inhabits Java, among other islands in Malaya

21. Following the Japanese occupation, Malaya adopted Tokyo time of UTC+09:00 on 15 February 1942.

22. The Pangkor Treaty of 1874 paved the way for the expansion of British influence in Malaya.

23. The ships' first task was to escort the carrier HMS Indomitable to the Malaya-Java area.

24. 28 Standing at the jetty as the steamer moves away. Flower of Malaya, I can not stay.

25. 20 Even people of Indian origin in countries like Kenya, Thailand , Trinidad, Siam, Sri Lanka and Malaya.

26. They estimated that the air defence of Burma and Malaya would require a minimum of 582 aircraft.

27. Singapore merged with Malaya and the British Borneo states in 1963 to form the Federation of Malaysia.

28. Malaya fired a torpedo at Markgraf at 19:05, but the torpedo missed due to the long range.

29. 2 Plans for the reoccupation of Malaya were well advanced and some ships had already put to sea.

30. In World War II, Kedah (along with Kelantan) was the first part of Malaya to be invaded by Japan.

31. They were much less economically developed than Malaya, and their local political leaderships were too weak to demand independence.

32. An hypothesis is advanced to account for movement of buffalo down the island chain from Malaya to Australia.

33. The Federation of Malaya Agreement was formulated by the British–Malay Pleno Conference between June and December 1946.

34. At the time of the Japanese invasion of Malaya, the area was in use as an ammunition magazine.

35. 18 What difference does it make whether one drives in the North ( China ) or in the South ( Malaya )?

36. 19 The raids, Chennault insisted, would forestall Japanese expansion into Malaya , Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines.

37. The Imperial Guards headed south to join the 25th Army and participate in the invasion of Malaya and Singapore.

38. Support for the MNLA was mainly based on around 500,000 of the 3.12 million ethnic Chinese then living in Malaya.

39. A key source of division was the issue of merger with Malaya to form a new state of Malaysia.

40. 1 Malaya had no strategic value but its economic value, as a producer of tin and rubber, was great.

41. It is the tract of the Malaya Hills of Sanskrit literature where grow the cardamum creeper and the Sandal Tree.

42. 8 It is the tract of the Malaya Hills of Sanskrit literature where grow the cardamum creeper and the Sandal Tree.

43. 25 In 19 the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Federation of Malaya, which became independent in 19

44. 16 Semenanjung Malaysia ), also known as West Malaysia (formerly Malaya ), is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula.

45. 14 Five states were to comprise the Federation of Malaysia. Four of them were Malaya , Brunei, Sarawak and Singapore. Which was the fifth?

46. Percival was off mistreating Irish Republican Army (IRA) leaders during the Anglo-Irish War before commanding British Malaya in World War II.

47. In 2002, he published a book, impeccably timed, titled Learning to Eat Soup With a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons From Malaya and Vietnam

48. Dato' Onn Jaafar stressed at the first meeting that the citizens of the Federation of Malaya did not want the interference of external powers in the affairs of the Federation; the Chinese representative Dr Ong Chong Keng asserted that the Chinese people would be loyal to the Federation of Malaya.

49. 19 Five states were to comprise the Federation of Malaysia. Four of them were Malaya , Brunei, Sarawak and Singapore. Which was the fifth?

50. 27 Percival was off mistreating Irish Republican Army (IRA) leaders during the Anglo-Irish War before commanding British Malaya in World War II.