Federated Malay States

American  

plural noun

1. a former federation of four states in British Malaya: Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, and Selangor.

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Federated Malay States British  

plural noun

1. See Malay States

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Etymology

Origin of Federated Malay States

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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Federated Malay States

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

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 Strong, Augustus Hopkins

It is the shipping point of the Federated Malay States, where 65 per cent. of the world's tin is produced, as well as a great amount of rubber and copra.

From The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 by Various