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51Straits 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… …
52Straits of Mackinac — Sp Mãkinako sąsiauris Ap Straits of Mackinac L JAV (tarp Huronų ir Mičigano ež.) …
53Straits-born Chinese — /ˌstreɪts bɔn tʃaɪˈniz/ (say .strayts bawn chuy neez) noun 1. a member of an ethnic group of mixed Chinese and Malay descent, located mostly in Melaka (a state in south western Malaysia), Penang, and Singapore. Compare Baba, Nyonya. –adjective 2 …
54straits tin — noun Usage: usually capitalized S Etymology: from the Straits : tin from the Malay peninsula constituting a market standard for high quality tin …
55straits — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. difficulty, plight, emergency, predicament, dilemma, bind, hot water, mess, jam, hole …
56straits — n. bad and difficult situation due to financial problems streɪt n. narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water; misery, distress, difficult situation adj. difficult, distressing; narrow (Archaic) …
57straits — 1) artists 2) tsarist …
58straits — a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty: → strait …
59Municipio de Straits (condado de Carteret, Carolina del Norte) — Straits Municipio de los Estados Unidos …
60Straits 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) …