| Noun | 1. | East Malaysia - the part of Malaysia that is on the island of BorneoBorneo, Kalimantan - 3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago Malaya, Malaysia - a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957 Sarawak - a region of Malaysia on northwestern Borneo | |