Preferred Label : malaysia;
MeSH definition : A parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch in southeast Asia, consisting
of 11 states (West Malaysia) on the Malay Peninsula and two states (East Malaysia)
on the island of BORNEO. It is also called the Federation of Malaysia. Its capital
is Kuala Lumpur. Before 1963 it was the Union of Malaya. It reorganized in 1948 as
the Federation of Malaya, becoming independent from British Malaya in 1957 and becoming
Malaysia in 1963 as a federation of Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore (which seceded
in 1965). The form Malay- probably derives from the Tamil malay, mountain, with reference
to its geography. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p715 & Room,
Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p329);
MeSH synonym : federation of malaya; malaya; malay federation; malaya federation;
MeSH hyponym : sabah; malay peninsula; sarawak;
MeSH annotation : a monarchy in southeast Asia; note X refs but Malay Archipelago INDONESIA; Malaysians
are of MONGOLOID RACE unless otherwise specified;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia;
Origin ID : D008296;
UMLS CUI : C0024552;
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A parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch in southeast Asia, consisting
of 11 states (West Malaysia) on the Malay Peninsula and two states (East Malaysia)
on the island of BORNEO. It is also called the Federation of Malaysia. Its capital
is Kuala Lumpur. Before 1963 it was the Union of Malaya. It reorganized in 1948 as
the Federation of Malaya, becoming independent from British Malaya in 1957 and becoming
Malaysia in 1963 as a federation of Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore (which seceded
in 1965). The form Malay- probably derives from the Tamil malay, mountain, with reference
to its geography. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p715 & Room,
Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p329)
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