STRAITS SETTLEMENTS

Meaning of STRAITS SETTLEMENTS in English

Function: geographical name

former country SE Asia bordering on Strait of Malacca & comprising Singapore Is., Penang, & Melaka area 1242 sq mi (3229 sq km ); now divided bet. Singapore (republic) & Malaysia (federation)

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS — geographical name former country SE Asia bordering on Strait of Malacca & comprising Singapore Island, Penang, & Melaka area 1242 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS — Former British crown colony, on the Strait of It comprised three trade centres, Penang , Singapore , and Malacca, which …
Английский словарь Британика
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS — a former British crown colony in SE Asia: included the settlements of Singapore, Penang, Malacca, and Labuan.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS — former British crown colony which included parts of the southern and western Malay Peninsula and nearby islands
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS — former country SE Asia bordering on Strait of Malacca & comprising Singapore Island, Penang, & Melaka area 1242 square miles …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS — former British crown colony on the Strait of Malacca, comprising four trade centres, Penang, Singapore, Malacca, and Labuan, established or …
Britannica English vocabulary
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS — Former British crown colony, on the Strait of Malacca in Southeast Asia . It comprised three trade centres, Penang , …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS — (историческое) британские владения на п-ве Малакка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS — (историческое) британские владения на п-ве Малакка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS — ист. британские владения на п-ве Малакка
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS — ист. британские владения на п-ве Малакка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS — ист. британские владения на п-ве Малакка
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS — (историческое) британские владения на п-ве Малакка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS — (историческое) британские владения на п-ве Малакка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRAITS — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Mackinac Straits of {{link=Straits Question">Straits Question Straits Settlements
Английский словарь Британика
STRAITS — (pl. ) of Strait
Английский словарь Webster
STRAITS — ( pl. ) of Strait
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRAITS — n. bad and difficult situation due to financial problems
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STRAITS — n. Dardanelles; Bosporus
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STRAITS — pl of strait.
Webster English vocab
STRAITS — a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty: → strait
Concise Oxford English vocab
STRAITS — [plural] [noun] - a difficult and troubled situation, esp. because of financial problemsSo many companies are in such dire/difficult straits …
Cambridge English vocab
STRAITS — n. Florida Straits of Mackinac Straits of Straits Question Straits Settlements
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STRAITS
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRAITS — • ↑ be in dire straits
Longman Activator English vocab
SETTLEMENTS — ➡ Bronze Age Britain
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
STRAITS — n. difficulties 1) desperate, dire; financial ~ 2) in desperate ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
STRAITS — artists tsarist
Anagrams English vocabulary
STRAITS — (мн.ч.)затруднительное положение straits waistcoat straits затруднительное положение, стесненные обстоятельства ~ пролив
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SETTLEMENTS — Урегулирования settlements межгосударственные расчеты, осуществляемые государственными банками
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRAITS — Пролив
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SETTLEMENTS — Расчёты
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SETTLEMENTS — Расчеты
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SETTLEMENTS — (n) ликвидация; межгосударственные расчеты
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
STRAITS — n. стесненное положение
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
STRAITS — n. стесненное положение
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
STRAITS — Нищета
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
STRAITS — Нищенство
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
STRAITS — Затруднительное положение
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
STRAITS — перешеек (редко) узкий узкость Гибралтарский пролив
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
STRAITS — Гибралтарский пролив - straits of Dover
Англо-Русский морской словарь
STRAITS — (мн.ч.)затруднительное положение straits waistcoat straits затруднительное положение, стесненные обстоятельства ~ пролив
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SETTLEMENTS — Урегулирования settlements межгосударственные расчеты, осуществляемые государственными банками
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRAITS — затруднительное положение
Англо-Русский словарь
EVACUATE SETTLEMENTS — vacate settlements, clear people out of settlements
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TAN CHENG LOCK — also spelled Tan Cheng-lock (b. April 5, 1883, Malacca, Straits Settlements [now in Malaysia]d. Dec. 8, 1960, Malacca, Malaya). Malaysian …
Britannica English vocabulary
STRAITS TIMES, THE — morning daily newspaper published in Singapore, generally recognized as one of the outstanding English-language papers of the Far East. It …
Britannica English vocabulary
STRAITS QUESTION — in European diplomacy of the 19th and 20th centuries, a recurrent controversy over restrictions on the passage of warships through …
Britannica English vocabulary
L'ANSE AUX MEADOWS — Site on the northern tip of Newfoundland of the first known European settlements in the New World. Norse settlers may …
Английский словарь Британика
JUNCTURE — ˈjəŋ(k)chə(r), -(k)shə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin junctura, from junctus (past participle of jungere to join) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WESTERN AFRICA, HISTORY OF
Britannica English vocabulary
UTOPIA
Britannica English vocabulary
SOCIAL SETTLEMENT — also called Settlement House, Community Centre, or Neighbourhood House, neighbourhood social welfare agency. The main purpose of a settlement is …
Britannica English vocabulary
EKISTICS — science of human settlements. Ekistics involves the descriptive study of all kinds of human settlements and the formulation of general …
Britannica English vocabulary
CENTRAL-PLACE THEORY — in geography, an element of location theory (q.v.) concerning the size and distribution of central places (settlements) within a system. …
Britannica English vocabulary
WEST BANK — Arabic Ad-daffah Al-gharbiyah, Hebrew Ha-gadah Ha-ma'aravit, area of the former British-mandated (192047) territory of Palestine west of the Jordan River, …
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UNITED KINGDOM, FLAG OF THE — red, white, and blue flag in which are combined the Crosses of St. George (England), St. Andrew (Scotland), and St. …
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UKRAINE, FLAG OF — horizontally divided blue-yellow national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is 2 to 3. More than a thousand years ago a powerful …
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SINGAPORE, FLAG OF — horizontally divided red-white national flag with a white crescent and five stars in the upper hoist corner. The width-to-length ratio …
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SHARON, ARIEL — born 1928, Kefar Malal, Palestine [now in Israel] byname Arik Sharon Israeli general and politician whose public life was marked …
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SAHARA — Kerzaz oasis on Wadi Saoura, western Sahara, Alg. (from Arabic sahara', desert), largest tropical desert in the world, encompassing almost …
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ROMANIA, FLAG OF — vertically striped blue-yellow-red national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is approximately 2 to 3. In 1834 the Ottoman government recognized local …
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PORTUGAL, FLAG OF — vertically divided green-red national flag with a coat of arms centred on the line between the two colours. The width-to-length …
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PONDICHERRY — union territory of India. It was formed in 1962 out of the four former colonies of French India-Pondicherry, Karaikal, and …
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