Peninsular Malaysia
- proper noun
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Malasia Peninsular
- Many species of birds inhabit Peninsular Malaysia, making it a popular destination for birdwatchers.
Examples
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A survey was recently conducted among 143 Malaysian secondary-school science students, selected from 10 different schools in different states of Peninsular Malaysia.
Academic text (1995) -
Of Hadramaut descent, he spent his childhood in Johore in the southern part of what is today peninsular Malaysia.
Academic text (2009) -
The subjects of the survey were 143 science students selected from 10 secondary schools in different states of Peninsular Malaysia.
Academic text (1995) -
The first of these, called the northern growth triangle, is meant to link the northern tip of Sumatra with northern peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand.
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Other irritants include the extraordinarily large number of Indonesian illegal immigrants in peninsular Malaysia, which is conservatively estimated at 600,000 persons.
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Wessex Estate is separated from public housing in Queenstown—one of the oldest Housing and Development Board satellite towns—by the Malayan railway track on which runs a slow train between peninsular Malaysia and Singapore a few times a day.
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In Peninsular Malaysia, the cultural diversity is reflected in the wide variety of food available.
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The capital city of Peninsular Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur, known for its iconic Petronas Twin Towers.
Synonyms
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The part of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula that borders Thailand to the north
The part of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula that includes Kuala Lumpur and borders Thailand
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is a direct compositional combination: 'peninsular' describes a peninsula-shaped part and 'Malaysia' names the country, so the phrase straightforwardly denotes the part of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula. This geographic adjective + proper noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English formation, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to derive the meaning.
Etymology
Peninsular Malaysia means the part of Malaysia on a 'peninsula', a long piece of land that sticks out into the sea and has water on three sides. That's why Peninsular Malaysia refers to the land next to Thailand, not the island part.