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Named for the Singapore Straits on older maps of the area.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Straits Settlements
Today it means: A former British colony in Southeast Asia, existing between 1826–1946 and consisting of modern-day Singapore and Malacca, Penang, and Perak in Malaysia, as well as a few other miscellaneous territories for other periods. Full definition →