Straits Settlements

American  

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. a former British crown colony in SE Asia: included the settlements of Singapore, Penang, Malacca, and Labuan.

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Straits Settlements British  

/ streɪts /

plural noun

1. (formerly) a British crown colony of SE Asia that included Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Labuan, and some smaller islands

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Example Sentences

It was to the effect that the International Acceptance Bank of Manhattan was sending to the Straits Settlements a shipment of $600,000 in gold coins.

From Time Magazine Archive

Up from lush Penang Island in the Straits Settlements last week climbed a four-motored Imperial Airways airplane.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week they received this note from Singapore, Straits Settlements, about 14,000 miles away: Of the thousands of different types of fish, only five can produce electricity.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Sultan of Johore soon discovered reports were reaching London that he was making an issue of marrying Miss Hill, had engaged in a "serious quarrel" with the Governor of Straits Settlements.

From Time Magazine Archive

In some instances, as in the case of the Straits Settlements, the local British Government derives from forty to fifty per cent of its revenue from this source.

From The Opium Monopoly by La Motte, Ellen Newbold