malaysiaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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From Malays +‎ -ia, amended from the previous form, Malaya. The ⟨-s⟩ was added to honour the inclusion of Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo (Sabah) with Malaya in the formation of The Federation of Malaysia.

発音

• (米国発音, 英国発音) IPA: /məˈleɪ̯ʒə/, /məˈleɪ̯ziə/
• (Malaysia) IPA: /məlejsiə/, /məlejʃə/
• (Philippines) IPA: /mɐˈleɪ̯.ʃɐ/

固有名詞

Malaysia

1. A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
2. (obsolete) The Malay Archipelago.
   • 1842, System of Descriptive Geography, Founded on the Works of Malte-Burn and Balbi‎, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 974:

     For the purpose of topographical description, Malaysia may be divided into six groups of islands, namely — 1. Sumatra, and the smaller islands adjacent ; 2. The long chain of islands which extends east and west from the Strait of Sunda to New Guinea, including Java, Madura, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Comobo, Flares, Jindana or Sandelwood, Adenar, Solor, Lomblem, Pantar, Ombay, Timor, Semao, Rotte, Savu, Cambi, Wetter, Serwatty, Babba, Timorlaut, &c. ; 3. The Banda and Molucca Islands ; 4. Celebes and the smaller adjacent islands; 5. Borneo and adjacent islands; 6. The Philippine Islands.

派生語

• Bahasa Malaysia
• Malaysian

派生した語

• → Japanese: マレーシア (Marēshia)
• → Hungarian: Malajzia
• → Malay: Malaysia
  • → Japanese: マライシア (Maraishia) (obsolete)
• → Latvian: Malaizija
• → Lithuanian: Malaizija
• → Serbo-Croatian: Màlēzija
• → Slovak: Malajzia
• → Slovene: Malẹ́zija

参考

• Malaysia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Countries of the world