Malaya 43275 225458915 2008-07-13T20:20:44Z Diskz 2569485 /* Other uses */ '''Malaya''' can refer to: ==Malaysian and Singaporean history == ===Malaya including Singapore=== * [[British Malaya]] (18th century-1946), a loose collection of British controlled states in the [[Malay Peninsula]], consisting of the Crown colony of the [[Straits Settlements]] (which included [[Singapore]]) and the protected states known as the [[Malay states]] (divided into the [[Federated Malay States]] and the [[Unfederated Malay States]]); and * in Singapore law, the [[Peninsular Malaysia|States of Malaya]] ([[Peninsular Malaysia]]) and Singapore (1946-present).<ref>s. 2, Interpretation Act (Cap. 1), Statutes of the Republic of Singapore</ref> ===Malaya excluding Singapore=== * The [[Malayan Union]] (1946-1948), a post-war British colony consisting of all states in British Malaya except Singapore; * the [[Federation of Malaya]] (1948-1963), the successor of the Malayan Union (also excluding Singapore) which gained independence within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1957; and * present-day [[Peninsular Malaysia]] (1963-present), also formally known as the States of Malaya, the states and territories formerly comprising the Federation of Malaya. == Other uses == * ''[[Malaya (film)|Malaya]]'', a 1949 American film set in Japanese occupied Malaya. * In the [[Shambhala]] tradition, the name of a "National Forest" or sacred garden, comparable to the Garden of Eden. * In the Filipino national language, [[Filipino language|Tagalog]], a term or word meaning "free" or "freedom". *[[Oxana Malaya]] (born 1983), a feral child that lived most of her life in the company of dogs, picking a number of their habits. *[[Malay Archipelago]], for the macroregion. *[[HMS Malaya]], for the [[Queen Elizabeth Class battleship]] of the [[Royal Navy]], named after the [[Federated Malay States]]. == Notes == {{reflist}} == See also == * [[Malay people]] * [[Malay language]] * [[Malaysia]] {{disambig}} [[de:Malaya]] [[fr:Malaya]] [[simple:Malaya]]