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.

---

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

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Straits Settlements

British tin hunters in the Straits Settlements are feeling the competition of U. S. producers in Bolivia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then Cinemactor Chaplin chartered the yacht Sea Belle II from Sir Thomas Shenton Thomas, Governor of the Straits Settlements, for an East Indies cruise, sped off for a few days in Java.

From Time Magazine Archive

Premier Stanley Baldwin had let it be known that the Stevenson Act restricting British rubber production in Malay states, Straits Settlements and Ceylon might become inoperative at some time after May 1.

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

It is proposed to adopt the coinage of the Straits Settlements, and measures have been taken with a view to the accomplishment of this.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---