Malaya

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Malaya may refer to:

Political entities

British Malaya (18th century–1946), a loose collection of British-controlled states
the States of Malaya (also known as Peninsular Malaysia) together with Singapore (1946–1965).

The Malay states, locally-ruled states under British protection (divided into the Federated Malay States and the Unfederated Malay States)
The Malayan Union (1946–1948), a post-war British colony consisting of all states in British Malaya except Singapore
The Federation of Malaya (1948–1963), the successor to the Malayan Union (also excluding Singapore), which gained independence within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1957
Present-day Peninsular Malaysia (1963–present), also formally known as the States of Malaya or West Malaysia, includes the states and territories formerly composing the Federation of Malaya

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Malayan (film), a 2009 Tamil film
HMS Malaya, a Queen Elizabeth class battleship of the Royal Navy
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The name of a "National Forest" or sacred garden, comparable to the Garden of Eden, in Shambhala tradition
The Malayan tribe of Kerala State in India
In Russian names, малая, feminine singular nominative of the Russian adjective малый = "small"
Swahili for a "woman of the town"
Malaya, a genus of the mosquito
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