Malay

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Malay may refer to:

Language

• Malay language, the language of Malaysia, lingua franca of Samudera-Pasai.
• Old Malay language(s), possible ancestor(s) of Bahasa Melayu, and Indonesian

People

• Malays (ethnic group), the ethnic group located primarily in the Malay peninsula, and parts of Sumatra and Borneo.
• Malay race, a racial category encompassing peoples of South East Asia and sometimes the Pacific Islands.
• Malay Malaysians, a constitutionally defined group of Muslim Malaysian citizens of Austronesian origin.
• Malays in Singapore
• Cape Malays, an ethnic group or community in South Africa
• Cocos Malays

Geography

• Malay Peninsula, the geographic area containing Malaysia and Singapore, as well as parts of Myanmar and Thailand
• Malay archipelago, the group of islands located between mainland Southeast Asia (Indochina) and Australia

Political or Historic

• Malayan Union, a confederation of Malayan states formed in 1946 under the British—later became Malaysia.
• Malay states, a group of nine states of Malaysia (all located in West Malaysia) which have hereditary rulers
• Federation of Malaya, a federation formed in 1948 from the British settlements of Penang and Malacca and the nine Malay states; replaced the Malayan Union
  
• Malay, Aklan, a municipality in the Philippines

Other

• Malay, Jessi, an American singer

Malay is the name or part of the name of several commune in France:

• Malay, in the Saône-et-Loire département
• Malay-le-Grand, in the Yonne département
• Malay-le-Petit, in the Yonne département

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