http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia#Etymology
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The name Malaysia was adopted in 1963 when the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo and Sarawak formed a 14-state federation.[13] However the name itself had been vaguely used to refer to areas in Southeast Asia prior to that. A map published in 1914 in Chicago has the word Malaysia printed on it referring to certain territories within the Malay Archipelago. Politicians in the Philippines once contemplated naming their state "Malaysia", but in 1963 Malaysia adopted the name first.
i think Filipino sounds more unique, one of the few nationalities in the English language that doesn't end with a -an -ish -ese -i -er
but then we're named after that bastard Felipe
