Malay States

British  

plural noun

1. the former states of the Malay Peninsula that, together with Penang and Malacca, formed the Union of Malaya (1946) and the Federation of Malaya (1948). Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, and Pahang were established as the Federated Malay States by the British in 1895 and Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, and Trengannu as the Unfederated Malay States in 1909 (joined by Johore in 1914)

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Example Sentences

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

The Malay States produce about 30% through two tin kingdoms�one, Anglo-Oriental Mining, controlled by a 6-ft.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chao Chom Suvadena last year visited the Malay States, Singapore and Penang in the royal entourage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cotton is also grown in the East Indies, at Java, Sumatra, and Malay States.

From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Wilkinson, Frederick