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    PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The region of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula; shares a land border with Thailand to the northplay

    Synonyms:

    Malaya; Peninsular Malaysia; West Malaysia

    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 "Peninsular Malaysia"):

    Kuala Lumpur (the largest city and former capital of Malaysia until 2005)

    Malacca (the third smallest Malaysian state; located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula)

    Penang (the second smallest Malaysian state; located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia)

    Perlis (the smallest Malaysian state; located at the northern part of the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia)

    Negeri Sembilan (one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia; located on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia)

    Terengganu (sultanate and one of the 13 states of the Federation of Malaysia)

    Selangor; Perak; Pahang; Kelantan; Kedah; Johor; Johore (sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia)

    Domain member region:

    godown ((in India and Malaysia) a warehouse)

    Holonyms ("Peninsular Malaysia" is a part of...):

    Federation of Malaysia; Malaysia (a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957)

    Malay Peninsula (a peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar)

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