Malaya refers to a number of historical and current political entities related to what is currently Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia:

Political entities

British Malaya The term "British Malaya" (; ms, Tanah Melayu British) loosely describes a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Singapore that were brought under British hegemony or control between the late 18th and the mid-20th century. Un ...

(1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits Settlements and the British protectorates of the Malay States * Malayan Union (1946–1948), a post-war British colony consisting of all the states and settlements in British Malaya except Singapore *

Federation of Malaya The Federation of Malaya ( ms, Persekutuan Tanah Melayu; Jawi: ) was a federation of what previously had been British Malaya comprising eleven states (nine Malay states and two of the British Straits Settlements, Penang and Malacca)''See'': ...

(1948–1963), the successor to the Malayan Union, which gained independence within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1957 * States of Malaya (1963-Present), the States of the Federation of Malaya following the merger with the self-governing State of Singapore and the Colonies of North Borneo (renamed Sabah),

Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, K ...

to form the

Federation of Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Malays ...

Geography

Malaya comprises the States of Malaya and Singapore

Science

* '' Megisba malaya'', a butterfly commonly called the Malayan

People

Malaya Akulukjuk Malaya Akulukjuk was an Inuit artist who drew works inspired by her life as a shaman and Inuit spirituality through depictions of human-animal transformations. Akulukjuk was born in 1915 (though some sources state 1912 and 1921), and lived a tradit ...

(born 1915?), Canadian Inuit artist *

Malaya Drew Malaya Rivera Drew (born February 6, 1985) is an American stage, film and television actress. Drew is best known for her role as Adele Channing on the cable television series ''The L Word'' (2008) and for her role as Katey Alvaro on NBC's long ...

(born 1978), American actress *

Malaya Marcelino Malaya Marcelino is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2019 Manitoba general election.Bryce Hoye"Meet the rookies: Manitobans elect 13 first-time MLAs" CBC News Manitoba, September 11, 2019. Sh ...

, Canadian politician *

Oxana Malaya Oksana Oleksandrivna Malaya ( uk, Оксана Олександрівна Малая, born 4 November 1983), better known as Oxana Malaya, is a Ukrainian woman internationally known for her dog-imitating behavior. Malaya has been the subject of ...

(born 1983), Ukrainian mental patient known for her morbid dog-like childhood behaviour

Other uses

* University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia * , a Royal Navy battleship which served in both world wars *

Operation Malaya Operation Malaya ( es, Operación Malaya) is a Spanish anti-corruption campaign in the southern resort city of Marbella. It began in 2006 and it is being carried out by the '' Policía Nacional'' under the direction of Judge Miguel Ángel Torres. ...

, a police investigation taking place in Spain * ''Malaya'' (film), a 1949 American war film set in Japanese-occupied Malaya * ''Malaya'' (newspaper), a newspaper in the Philippines *

Malaya Mountains The Malaya Mountains were a range of mountains that were mentioned in the Hindu sacred texts like '' Matsya Purana'', the '' Kurma Purana'', the ''Vishnu Purana'', and the epics of the '' Ramayana'' and the '' Mahabharata''. The Vishnu Purana spe ...

, a place in Hindu mythology *

Malaya Kuonamka The Malaya Kuonamka (russian: Малая Куонамка; sah, Кыра Куонамка) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a right tributary of the Anabar with a length of . Its drainage basin area is . The river flows n ...

, a river in Yakutia, Russia

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