Federated Malay States

plural noun

1. a former federation of four states in British Malaya: Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, and Selangor.

Federated Malay States

plural noun

1. See Malay States

Word History and Origins

Origin of Federated Malay States¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Rubber has been the chief cause of the decline of coffee industry in the Federated Malay States.

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It is the shipping point of the Federated Malay States, where 65 per cent.

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The acreage in coffee in the Federated Malay States is steadily declining.

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Since 1889 the Federated Malay States have produced considerably more than half the tin of the world.

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These lodes are the only mines of the kind being worked in the Federated Malay States.

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