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MeSH Heading: Malaysia
Tree Number(s): Z01.252.145.487
Unique ID: D008296
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008296
Scope Note: A parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch in southeast Asia, consisting of 11 states (West Malaysia) on the Malay Peninsula and two states (East Malaysia) on the island of BORNEO. It is also called the Federation of Malaysia. Its capital is Kuala Lumpur. Before 1963 it was the Union of Malaya. It reorganized in 1948 as the Federation of Malaya, becoming independent from British Malaya in 1957 and becoming Malaysia in 1963 as a federation of Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore (which seceded in 1965). The form Malay- probably derives from the Tamil malay, mountain, with reference to its geography. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p715 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p329)
Entry Term(s): Federation of Malaya; Malay Federation; Malay Peninsula; Malaya; Malaya Federation; Sabah; Sarawak
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/08/18

Concept UI: M0012919
Scope Note: A parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch in southeast Asia, consisting of 11 states (West Malaysia) on the Malay Peninsula and two states (East Malaysia) on the island of BORNEO. It is also called the Federation of Malaysia. Its capital is Kuala Lumpur. Before 1963 it was the Union of Malaya. It reorganized in 1948 as the Federation of Malaya, becoming independent from British Malaya in 1957 and becoming Malaysia in 1963 as a federation of Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore (which seceded in 1965). The form Malay- probably derives from the Tamil malay, mountain, with reference to its geography. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p715 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p329)
Terms: Malaysia Preferred Term
Term UI T024749
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID POPLINE (1978); Malaya Federation
Term UI T024747
Date10/08/1996
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Federation of Malaya
Term UI T024748
Date02/18/1997
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Malay Federation
Term UI T024750
Date06/11/1991
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Malaya
Term UI T024751
Date02/18/1997
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

Malaysia MeSH Descriptor Data 2025