Malaya

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Malaya stands for the following geographical objects:

  • Malay Peninsula
  • British Malaya (18th century to 1957), term for British colonial possessions on the Malay Peninsula
  • Unfederated Malay States (1826–1946), (Non-Federated Malay States) predecessor of the Malay Union
  • Federated Malay States (1895–1946), (Federated Malay States) predecessor of the Malay Union
  • Malay Union (Malayan Union) (1946–1948), Federation on the Malay Peninsula, predecessor of the Malaya Federation and of Malaysia
  • Federation Malaya (1948–1963), amalgamation of mainly Federated Malay States and Unfederated Malay States; 1957 independent state within the Commonwealth


Other meanings:

  • Malaya (film) , American adventure film with Spencer Tracy and James Stewart from 1949
  • HMS Malaya , British warship


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