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Federated Malay States

Federated Malay States proper noun: a federation of four protected states in the Malay Peninsula — Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang — established by the British government in 1895, which lasted until 1946, when they, together with two of the former Straits Settlements (Malacca and Penang) and the Unfederated Malay States, formed the Malayan Union.

Proper noun

the Federated Malay States

  1. (historical) A federation of four protected states in the Malay Peninsula — Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang — established by the British government in 1895, which lasted until 1946, when they, together with two of the former Straits Settlements (Malacca and Penang) and the Unfederated Malay States, formed the Malayan Union.
    Synonyms:
    FMS

Synonyms of Federated Malay States

Questions about Federated Malay States

What does Federated Malay States mean?
Federated Malay States means a federation of four protected states in the Malay Peninsula — Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang — established by the British government in 1895, which lasted until 1946, when they, together with two of the former Straits Settlements (Malacca and Penang) and the Unfederated Malay States, formed the Malayan Union.
What part of speech is Federated Malay States?
Federated Malay States is a proper noun.

Words near Federated Malay States in the dictionary

  1. federast
  2. federasts
  3. federate
  4. federated
  5. federated learning
  6. Federated Malay States
  7. federated state
  8. Federated States of Micronesia
  9. federates
  10. federating
  11. federation

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