Straits Settlements

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

/ streɪts /

plural noun

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

Example Sentences

The vegetation in the Straits Settlements is such as writers on the tropics have made familiar to us.

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In 1867 these settlements were converted into a Crown colony under the name of the Straits Settlements.

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But the opium business is apparently still flourishing in the Straits Settlements.

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The Malay spoken here is a different dialect to that in use in the Straits Settlements.

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Malay is the current language of the Straits Settlements, among the variety of nationalities which gather in their towns.

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