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  • 21Straits Settlements — Straits′ Set′tlements n. pl. geg a former British crown colony in SE Asia: included the settlements of Singapore, Penang, and Malacca …

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  • 22Straits Settlements — former British crown colony in SE Asia, comprising Singapore, Malacca, Penang, Labuan, Christmas Island, & the Cocos Islands …

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  • 23Straits dollar — The Straits dollar was the currency used in the British colonies and protectorates in Malaya and Borneo, including the Straits Settlements until 1939.HistoryIn the early nineteenth century, the most common currency used in the East Indies was the …

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  • 24Straits Settlements — Infobox Former Country native name = Negeri Negeri Selat conventional long name = The Straits Settlements common name = Straits Settlement continent=moved from Category:Asia to Southeast Asia region=Southeast Asia empire=United Kingdom… …

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  • 25Straits of Mackinac — Location map Michigan label =The Straits of Mackinac label size = position = bottom background = lon dir=W lat dir=N lat deg = 45 lat min = 48 lat sec = 50 lon deg = 84 lon min = 45 lon sec =00 mark = marksize = border = caption = Located between …

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  • 26Straits State Park — Infobox protected area | name = Straits State Park iucn category = caption = Location of Straits State Park locator x = locator y = location = 720 Church St. St. Ignace, Michigan 49781 nearest city = St. Ignace, Michigan lat degrees = 45 lat… …

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  • 27Straits Settlements — Flagge der Straits Settlements …

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  • 28Straits Settlement and Johore Territorial Waters Agreement of 1927 — The Straits Settlement and Johore Territrial Waters Agreement of 1927 [The agreement appears as a schedule in the Straits Settlements and Johore Territorial Waters (Agreement) Act 1928 which was enacted on 3 August 1928 by the Colony of Singapore …

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  • 29Straits Question — Recurrent controversy in the 19th–20th centuries over the passage of warships through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits between the Black Sea and the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. Both straits were in Turkish territory, but when Russia gained …

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  • 30Straits of Johor — The Straits of Johor (also known as the Tebrau Strait, Johor Strait, Selat Johor, Selat Tebrau, and Tebrau Reach) is a strait that separates the Malaysian state of Johor to the north from Singapore to the south.Major tributaries which empty into… …

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