Malay Archipelago

English

Proper noun

the Malay Archipelago

1. the archipelago between mainland Southeastern Asia and Australia, that includes Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, East Malaysia and East Timor

Usage notes

The island of New Guinea or islands of Papua New Guinea are not always included in definitions of the Malay Archipelago.

Meronyms

• Sunda Islands

Translations

archipelago

• Armenian: Մալայան արշիպելագ (Malayan aršipelag)
• German: Malaiischer Archipel (de)
• Hindi: मलय (hi) m (malay)
• Polish: Archipelag Malajski (pl) m
• Portuguese: Arquipélago Malaio
• Russian: Мала́йский архипела́г (ru) (Malájskij arxipelág)
• Vietnamese: quần đảo Mã Lai