Usually means: British colonial territories in Southeast Asia.
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  1. Straits Settlements: Merriam-Webster
  2. Straits Settlements: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Straits Settlements: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Straits Settlements: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Straits Settlements: Wiktionary
  6. Straits Settlements: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Straits Settlements: Dictionary.com
  8. Straits Settlements: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Straits Settlements)

noun:  (historical) A former colony of the United Kingdom in Southeast Asia between 1826–1946 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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