Straits

See also: straits

English

Proper noun

the Straits

  1. (historical) Ellipsis of the Straits Settlements, a former British colony along the Strait of Malacca.
    • 1886, Henry Yule & al., Hobson-Jobson..., s.v. "Jompon":
      It may have been originally in India, as it is now in the Straits, a closed litter for ladies of rank, and the word may have become appropriated to the open conveyance in which European ladies are carried.
    Straits-born Chinese
  2. (informal) Ellipsis of Dire Straits, a British rock band.

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