Which body of water separates Borneo from the Malay Peninsula?
Malay Peninsula centre, a part of Sunda Strait in the south, and the western part of South China Sea in the east. Prior to the foundation of Malacca, ancient and medieval references to a Malay peninsula exist in various foreign sources. According to several Indian scholars, the word "Malayadvipa" ("mountain-insular continent"), mentioned in the ancient Indian text, "Vayu Purana", may possibly refer to the Malay peninsula. Another Indian source, an inscription on the south wall of the Brihadeeswarar Temple, recorded the word "Malaiur", referring to a kingdom in Malay peninsula that had "a strong mountain for its rampart". The Greek source, "Geographia",
Malay Peninsula Peninsula's narrowest point) into the Malay Peninsula. The Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from the Indonesian island of Sumatra while the south coast is separated from the island of Singapore by the Straits of Johor. The Malay term "Tanah Melayu" is derived from the word "Tanah" (land) and "Melayu" (Malays), thus it means "the Malay land". The term can be found in various Malay texts, of which the oldest dating back to the early 17th century. It is frequently mentioned in the "Hikayat Hang Tuah", a well known classical work that began as oral tales associated with the