Federated Malay States
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of Federated Malay States
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Yukon Gold does nothing but mine tin in the Federated Malay States.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Federated Malay States, it and two subsidiaries hold properties estimated to contain 72,151,000 Ib. of tin.
From Time Magazine Archive
By Feb. 25 Japan could have a firm grip on the long Malayan gooseneck that dangles down to the British Federated Malay States and the fortress of Singapore.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rubber has been the chief cause of the decline of coffee industry in the Federated Malay States.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
These Federated Malay States furnish the world with more than half its supply of rubber, and many English and American investors are growing rich from the soaring of prices induced by the war.
From A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions by Augustus Hopkins Strong
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