Merdeka UK /mɜːˈdɛkə/US /mɜɹˈdɛkə/ noun1 •(Malaysia) Chiefly of a nation or people: freedom; independence.Animating these myriad proclamations of independence were the ideas of merdeka (freedom) and of the formless solidarity of the nation, not the controlling, organized authority of the center. — 1972