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British Malaya

British Malaya
geographical name former dependencies of Great Britain on Malay Peninsula & in Malay Archipelago including Malaya (federation), Singapore, North Borneo, Sarawak, & Brunei

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

  
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