(east malaysia is an instance of ...) a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

• district
• dominion
• territorial dominion
• territory

(east malaysia is a part of ...) one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia; located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo

• north borneo
• sabah

(east malaysia is a part of ...) the largest state in Malaysia; located on the northwest of the island of Borneo

• sarawak

(... is part of east malaysia) 3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago

• borneo
• kalimantan

(... is part of east malaysia) a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957

• federation of malaysia
• malaysia