Negeri-negeri Selat

Malay

Etymology

Calque of English Straits Settlements.

Proper noun

Negeri-negeri Selat

  1. (historical) Straits Settlements (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)
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