Malaya
/məˈleɪə/- a former country in SE Asia, consisting of the southern part of the Malay Peninsula and some adjacent islands (originally including Singapore), now forming the western part of the federation of Malaysia and known as West Malaysia马来亚（原东南亚一国家, 由马来半岛南部和一些原包括新加坡在内的相邻岛屿组成, 现为马来西亚联邦西部地区, 亦称西马来西亚）。
The area was colonized by the Dutch, Portuguese, and the British, who eventually became dominant; the several Malay states federated under British control in 1896. The country became independent in 1957, the federation expanding into Malaysia in 1963.