Malaysian state (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the several states constituting Malaysia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("Malaysian state" is a kind of...):
province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)
Instance hyponyms:
Malacca (the third smallest Malaysian state; located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula)
Penang (the second smallest Malaysian state; located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia)
Perlis (the smallest Malaysian state; located at the northern part of the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia)
Negeri Sembilan (one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia; located on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia)
Terengganu (sultanate and one of the 13 states of the Federation of Malaysia)
Selangor; Perak; Pahang; Kelantan; Kedah; Johor; Johore (sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia)
North Borneo; Sabah (one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia; located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo)
Sarawak (the largest state in Malaysia; located on the northwest of the island of Borneo)
Holonyms ("Malaysian state" is a part of...):
Federation of Malaysia; Malaysia (a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957)