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- proper noun Plural form of
Malay .
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Examples
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In the course of time other racial elements were added: the Dutch imported a number of Malays from the East Indies as slaves, while the British introduced
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The conquest or colonization of the Malay Peninsula by the Malays is not, however, properly speaking, matter of history, and the origin of the Malay race and its early history are only matters of more or less reasonable hypothesis.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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Among the reasons which have led to the migration of Malays from the native states into the Straits Settlements, not the least powerful is the equality of rights before English law, and the security given by it to property of every kind.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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The land owned by Malays is being measured, and printed title-deeds are being given, a payment of 2s. an acre per annum being levied instead of any taxes on produce.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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Malays from the Dutch East Indies, and the descendants of slaves brought from the West Coast of Africa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Impressions of South Africa James Bryce Bryce 1880
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If you want to reach the Malays, then use the Malay word for God, which is
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The Malays are the most numerous group in Malaysia.
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One thing to note - the "Cape Malays" are of largely of Indonesian descent, they just ended up being called Malays somehow in one of those historical mixups.
Pukulan Pentjak Silat Sera Plinck Steve Perry 2007
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I must not, however, give the impression that the Malays are a dirty people.
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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I wish it were possible to know to what extent the Malays are a
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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