It should be noted, however, that the first syllable of Malacca is written with the character ma for "horse" and not that for "hemp," the same way as the first syllable of Malaysia.
但有一個州名「麻六甲」，在我國無論是報刊或往來公函，我們馬來西亞人都不寫「麻」，也不讀「麻」，而是「馬六甲」，和馬來西亞的「馬」是同一個字。