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Combination of the “Malay” and Greek-Latin suffix of “sia”.
It’s not known whether the “Malay” here refers to the ethnic Malays or the race Malay(older term, modern term is Austronesian).
“sia” is a Greek suffix which means “state of” or “result of”.
Combination of Malaya + Sia whereby Sia stands for the initials Singapore,Sabah(North Borneo) and Sarawak.
Combination of Malay + Asia . This is what was taught in school (at least during my time). This combination reflects the multiracial nature of the country, where it is inhabited by different Asian ethnic groups (Malays, Chinese, Indian, Bornean Natives(around 100 sub-ethnic groups), Siamese etc). |
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