Malaya

Malaya may refer to:

Political entities

British Malaya (18th century – 1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits Settlements and the British protectorates of the Malay States
Malayan Union (1946–1948), a post-war British colony consisting of all the states and settlements in British Malaya except Singapore
Federation of Malaya (1948–1963), the successor to the Malayan Union, which gained independence within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1957
States of Malaya (1963–present), usually known as Peninsular Malaysia or West Malaysia, comprising the states and territories of the former Federation of Malaya

Malaya Akulukjuk (born 1915?), Canadian Inuit artist
Malaya Drew (born 1978), American actress
Malaya Marcelino, Canadian politician
Oxana Malaya (born 1983), Ukrainian mental patient known for her morbid dog-like childhood behaviour

University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
HMS Malaya, a Royal Navy battleship which served in both world wars
Operation Malaya, a police investigation taking place in Spain
Malaya (film), a 1949 American war film set in Japanese-occupied Malaya
Malaya (newspaper), a newspaper in the Philippines
Malaya Mountains, a place in Hindu mythology
A sacred forest or garden in Shambhala tradition, comparable to the Garden of Eden

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