Straits Settlements
a former British crown colony in SE Asia: included the settlements of Singapore, Penang, Malacca, and Labuan.
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The vegetation in the Straits Settlements is such as writers on the tropics have made familiar to us.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up | Clarence PoeIn 1867 these settlements were converted into a Crown colony under the name of the Straits Settlements.
A Visit to Java | W. Basil WorsfoldBut the opium business is apparently still flourishing in the Straits Settlements.
The Opium Monopoly | Ellen Newbold La MotteThe Malay spoken here is a different dialect to that in use in the Straits Settlements.
Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water | Lady (Ethel Gwendoline [Moffatt]) VincentMalay is the current language of the Straits Settlements, among the variety of nationalities which gather in their towns.
Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water | Lady (Ethel Gwendoline [Moffatt]) Vincent
British Dictionary definitions for Straits Settlements
/ (streɪts) /
(formerly) a British crown colony of SE Asia that included Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Labuan, and some smaller islands
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