 Complete the following phrase:  Territorial identification of Malay is of ancient origin. Various foreign and local records show that Melayu Malay and its similar sounding variants appear to apply as an old toponym to the territory in Sumatra, which later possibly adopted as the ancient Straits of Malacca region in general as it is common for people in the region. The term gradually developed circa 15th century into an ethnonym throughout Malacca when Sumatran-origin people migrated to the peninsula and consolidate the Melaka Sultanate as a regional power. Tome Pires, an apothecary who stayed in Malacca from 1512 to 1515, after the 