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Straits Settlements (str

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A former British crown colony comprising parts of the southern and western Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands, including Singapore. Formed in 1826, it was under Indian control until 1867, when the British assumed direct authority. Singapore became a separate colony in 1946; the remaining portions of the Straits Settlements were granted to Australia and the Federation of Malaya (later Malaysia) in the 1950s.

Straits Settlements [streɪts]

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

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Labuan Malaya Singapore Singaporean			Peranakan, Baba-Nyonya and Straits Chinese (named after the Straits of Malacca) are terms used for the descendants of the early Chinese immigrants to the Nusantara region, including both the British Straits settlements of Singapore, Malacca and Penang and the Dutch-controlled island of Java among other places, who have partially adopted Malay customs in an effort to be assimilated into the local communities. The traditional Nyonya Kebayas of Malaysia by Yong, Philbert Tiki / ChildArt			British Library British lion British List British longhair British lop British monetary unit British Museum British National Party British North America British Parliament British people British pound British pound sterling British Rail British seas British shilling British shorthair British Solomon Islands British Somaliland British Standard brass thread British Standard fine thread British Standard pipe thread British Standard Time British Standard Whitworth thread British Standards Institution British Straits Settlements British Summer Time British system British Technology Group British thermal unit British Togoland British Union of Fascists British Virgin Islands British warm British West Africa British West Indies British White Britisher Britishism Britneyfication Briton Britpack Britpop Brits britt Brittanic Brittany Brittany spaniel Britten brittle brittle bladder fern			British Standard Pipe Taper British standard pipe thread British Standard Pipethread British Standard Piping British Standard specification British Standard Taper Pipe Thread British Standard Time British Standard Whitworth British Standard Whitworth thread British Standards British Standards British Standards British Standards Institute British Standards Institute British Standards Institute Association British Standards Institution British Standards Institution British Standards Institution British Standards Online Project British Standards Publishing Sales Limited British Standards Society British Starch Industry Association British state British state British Steel Corporation British Steel Engineering Steels Ltd. British Stock Car Association British Stock Car Drivers Association British Straits Settlements British Stroke Research Group British Structural Waterproofing Association British Student American Football Association British Student Quiz Championship British Student Taekwondo Federation British Studies at Oxford British Sub-Aqua Club British summer time British summer time British summer time British summer time British Superbikes British Supersonic Transport British Superultramodern Scientific Institution British Surface Treatment Suppliers Association British Surgical Trades Association British Survey of Fertiliser Practice British Suzuki Institute British Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association British Swimming Pool Federation British system British Table Football Association British Table Tennis Federation British tabloid British tabloid press British Tae Kwon Do British Taekwondo Control Board

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Straits Settlements (redirected from British Straits Settlements)

Straits Settlements
(redirected from British Straits Settlements)