From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Malaysia
n 1: a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo
and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the
United Kingdom in 1957 [syn: Malaysia, Malaya]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Malaysia \Malaysia\ prop. n.
A country in Southeast Asia including the former nation of
Malaya on the Malay Peninsula, and part of Borneo; sometimes
still referred to as Malaya.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]