MalaysiayoudaoicibaDictYouDict[Malaysia 词源字典]
from Malay + Latinate ending -sia. Originally an early 19c. British geographers' name for the Indonesian archipelago. Related: Malaysian.[Malaysia etymology, Malaysia origin, 英语词源]
Rafflesia (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
genus of Malaysian plants, 1820, named for Sir T. Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), British governor of Sumatra, who introduced it to the West, + abstract noun ending -ia. He reports the native name was petimum sikinlili "Devil's betel-box."