Malaysia is the Southeast Asian country of Kuala Lumpur and its twin towers. Travel to Malaysia, born in Malaysia, the east of Malaysia.
It comes in two parts separated by six hundred kilometres of sea: the peninsula and the northern third of Borneo. The Petronas Towers were the tallest buildings in the world until 2004 and are still the tallest twin towers.
1nounmalaysiaA country in Southeast Asia.
“Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia.”
malaysia is a country.
Malaysia comes from Malay + -ia. Affixation of Malay + -sia (alternative form of -ia), coined by British geographers in the 19th century as one of several terms used to refer to the Malay Archipelago,Harper, D. (n.d.). Malaysia. In Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved February 19, 2026, from https://www.etymonline.com/word/Malaysia can be translated as "land of the Malays". A popular folk etymology holds that the country name was formed by adding ⟨-si-⟩ to Malaya, short for the former Federation of Malaya, to honour the inclusion of Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo (Sabah) when the country was formed.
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