Malaya

Malaya can refer to:

Geographic/former political entities

The Malay Peninsula
Malay Archipelago, the broader macroregion.

Malaya including Singapore

British Malaya (18th century-1946), a loose collection of British controlled states
The Malay states, locally-ruled states under British protection (divided into the Federated Malay States and the Unfederated Malay States).
In Singapore law, Malaya means the States of Malaya (also known as Peninsular Malaysia) together with Singapore (1946-present).

Malaya excluding Singapore

The Malayan Union (1946-1948), a post-war British colony consisting of all states in British Malaya except Singapore.
The Federation of Malaya (1948-1963), the successor to the Malayan Union (also excluding Singapore), which gained independence within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1957.
Present-day Peninsular Malaysia (1963-present), also formally known as the States of Malaya or West Malaysia, includes the states and territories formerly composing the Federation of Malaya.

Other uses

Malaya, a 1949 American film set in Japanese occupied Malaya.
HMS Malaya, a Queen Elizabeth class battleship of the Royal Navy
Oxana Malaya (born 1983), a feral child that lived most of her life in the company of dogs, picking a number of their habits.
Malaya (Philippine newspaper), after the Tagalog word meaning "free" or "freedom".
The name of a "National Forest" or sacred garden, comparable to the Garden of Eden, in Shambhala tradition.
The Malayan tribe of Kerala State in India
In Russian names, малая, feminine singular nominative of the Russian adjective малый = "small"

Translation

The word "Malaya" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Akan, German, French, Simple English.

Translation(s) in other languages: Italian: Malesia (geografia dell'Asia), Russian: Малайя.