11) Malay Peninsula. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A peninsula of southeast Asia comprising southwest Thailand, western Malaysia, and the island of Singapore....
12) Melaka. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Melaka, or Malacca (both: mlak´) (KEY) , state (1991 pop. 504,502), 640 sq mi (1,658 sq km), Malaysia, S Malay Peninsula, on the Strait of Malacca. Formerly one of...
13) Pahang. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Pahang, (phung´, -hang´) (KEY) , state (1991 pop. 1,081,148), 13,920 sq mi (36,053 sq km), Malaysia, S Malay Peninsula, on the South China Sea. It is the largest...
14) Selangor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Selangor, (slang´r) (KEY) , state (1991 pop. 2,289,236), 3,150 sq mi (8,159 sq km), Malaysia, S Malay Peninsula, on the Strait of Malacca. Shah Alam is the capital,...
15) Timor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Timor, (te´mor) (KEY) [Malay,=east], island (1990 est. pop. 3,900,000), c.13,200 sq mi/34,200 sq km, largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sundas, in the Malay Archipelago....
16) Johor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
..., state (1991 pop. 2,074,297), 7,360 sq mi (19,062 sq km), at the southern extremity of the Malay Peninsula, Malaysia, opposite Singapore. It is largely covered with...
17) Pattani. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
..., city (1990 pop. 41,605), capital of Pattani prov., S Thailand, on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula, near the mouth of the Gulf of Thailand. It is a port and...
18) Terengganu. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(both: trng-ga´noo, treng-) (KEY) , state (1991 pop. 808,556), c.5,000 sq mi (12,950 sq km), Malaysia, central Malay Peninsula, on the South China Sea. The capital...
19) Indonesia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...republic (1993 est. pop. 188,216,000), c.735,000 sq mi (1,903,650 sq km), SE Asia, in the Malay Archipelago. The fourth most populous country in the world, Indonesia...
20) Malayo-Polynesian languages. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Malayo-Polynesian languages, (mla´o-poline´zhn) (KEY) , sometimes also called Austronesian languages (o´strone´zhn) (KEY) , family of languages estimated at from...
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