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EAST MALAYSIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The part of Malaysia that is on the island of Borneo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)
Meronyms (parts of "East Malaysia"):
North Borneo; Sabah (one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia; located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo)
Sarawak (the largest state in Malaysia; located on the northwest of the island of Borneo)
Holonyms ("East Malaysia" is a part of...):
Borneo; Kalimantan (3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago)
Federation of Malaysia; Malaysia (a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957)
