straits settlements
11Straits Settlements — a former British crown colony in SE Asia: included the settlements of Singapore, Penang, Malacca, and Labuan. * * * Former British crown colony, on the Strait of Malacca in Southeast Asia. It comprised three trade centres, Penang, Singapore, and… …
12Straits Settlements — /streɪts ˈsɛtəlmənts/ (say strayts setuhlmuhnts) plural noun a former British crown colony in South East Asia, which included the settlements of Singapore, Penang, Malacca, and Labuan …
13Straits Settlements — a former British crown colony in SE Asia: included the settlements of Singapore, Penang, Malacca, and Labuan …
14Straits Settlements — geographical name former country SE Asia bordering on Strait of Malacca & comprising Singapore Island, Penang, & Melaka area 1242 square miles (3229 square kilometers); now divided between Singapore (republic) & Malaysia (federation) …
15Straits settlements — (Поселения Пролива) англ. колония около Малаккского пролива: Сингапур (см.), Пинанг (см.) и Малакка (см.). 3998 кв. км; 572249 жит., из которых ок. 5000 европейцев (1901); брит. колонии с 1867 г.; колониям подчинены о ва Cocos и Christmas в… …
16Straits Settlements — VER Establecimientos de los Estrechos …
17STRAITS SETTLEMENTS — (507, of which 150 are Chinese), British colony in the East Indies, embracing the British possessions in the Malay Peninsula (on the Strait of Malacca), Singapore, Malacca, Penang, and the Keeling Islands and Christmas Island; were under the… …
18Straits Settlements — former British crown colony which included parts of the southern and western Malay Peninsula and nearby islands …
19Singapore in the Straits Settlements — This article is part of the History of Singapore series …
20Postage stamps and postal history of the Straits Settlements — The Straits Settlements of the Malayan Peninsula have a distinct postal history from the other Malayan areas.Mail was originally handled privately by passing ships; the earliest known postal markings date from around 1806, used by a post office… …