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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Straits Settlements

They range in time from 1860 to 1936, in place from the Straits Settlements to provincial England, in mood from musical revue mirth to suicidal despair.

From Time Magazine Archive

British and Dutch tincoons also try to monopolize the smelting business, slap export taxes on Malayan and Indies ore that does not go to plants in Straits Settlements, England or The Netherlands.

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

In Penang, Straits Settlements, bookmakers vengefully threatened to go on strike unless the police quit arresting them.

From Time Magazine Archive

In addition to this, 4,500 chests were sold to the Government of the Straits Settlements, 2,200 to the Government of Netherland Indies, and 410 to the Government of Hongkong.

From The Opium Monopoly by La Motte, Ellen Newbold