Straits

See also: straits

English

Proper noun

the Straits

1. (historical) Short for 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) Short for the Dire Straits, a British rock band.

Anagrams

• Tsarist, artists, atrists, tsarist