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
There is not the roughing required in Hankow which is necessary in other parts of the empire, as in British East Africa and in the jungles of the Federated Malay States, for instance.
From Across China on Foot by Dingle, Edwin John
The bulk of the tungsten ore consumed in Europe prior to 1914 came from British possessions; these were principally the Federated Malay States, Burma, Australia, and New Zealand.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
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