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Descriptor English: Malaysia
Descriptor Spanish: Malasia
Descriptor Malasia
Entry term(s) Federación Malaya
Federación de Malasia
Malaya
Península Malaya
Península de Malasia
Sabah
Sarawak
Scope note: Democracia parlamentaria con monarquía constitucional en el sudeste de Asia, que consta de 11 estados (Malasia Occidental) en la Península Malaya y dos estados (Malasia Oriental) en la isla de BORNEO. También se le llama Federación de Malasia. Su capital es Kuala Lumpur. Antes de 1963 era la Unión Malaya. Se reorganizó en 1948 como la Federación Malaya, obteniendo la independencia de la Malaya Británica en 1957 y convirtiéndose en Malasia en 1963 como federación Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak y Singapur (que se secesionó en 1965). La forma Malay probablemente se deriva del tamil malay, que significa montaña, aludiendo a su geografía. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p715 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p329).
Descriptor Portuguese: Malásia
Descriptor French: Malaisie
Entry term(s): Federation of Malaya
Malay Federation
Malay Peninsula
Malaya
Malaya Federation
Sabah
Sarawak
Tree number(s): Z01.252.145.487
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008296
Scope note: 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)
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
DeCS ID: 8465
Unique ID: D008296
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Malaysia - Preferred
Concept UI M0012919
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Malaysia
Entry term(s) Federation of Malaya
Malay Federation
Malaya
Malaya Federation
Sabah - Narrower
Concept UI M0012922
Preferred term Sabah
Sarawak - Narrower
Concept UI M0012920
Preferred term Sarawak
Malay Peninsula - Narrower
Concept UI M0012921
Preferred term Malay Peninsula



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