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federation of malaya

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables
fed-er-a-tion of -malaya
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former country in Southeast Asia; a former British protectorate from 1948 to 1957 and a former sovereign state from 1957 to 1963, today forming Peninsular Malaysia

Etymology

Initially, the eleven states of the Malay Peninsula were organised as the Malayan Union, but this was opposed by Malay nationalists. To address the Malays' concerns, the Federation of Malaya restored the traditional authority of the Malay monarchs and added some restrictions on citizenship.

Inflected Forms

the Federation of Malaya (canonical)

Questions

What does federation of malaya mean?
A former country in Southeast Asia; a former British protectorate from 1948 to 1957 and a former sovereign state from 1957 to 1963, today forming Peninsular Malaysia
Where does federation of malaya come from?
Initially, the eleven states of the Malay Peninsula were organised as the Malayan Union, but this was opposed by Malay nationalists. To address the Malays' concerns, the Federation of Malaya restored the traditional authority of the Malay monarchs and added some restrictions on citizenship.

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