Singapore
Sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.
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Tamil language
Classical Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia.
Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
Sovereign state
Political entity represented by one centralized government that has supreme legitimate authority over territory.
Absolute sovereign immunity is no longer as widely accepted as it has been in the past, and some countries, including the United States, Canada, Singapore, Australia, Pakistan and South Africa, have introduced restrictive immunity by statute, which explicitly limits jurisdictional immunity to public acts, but not private or commercial ones, though there is no precise definition by which public acts can easily be distinguished from private ones.
Straits Settlements
The Straits Settlements were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia.
The Straits Settlements originally consisted of the four individual settlements of Penang, Singapore, Malacca, and Dinding.
Singapore Island
Singapore Island, or Mainland Singapore, is the main constituent island of the sovereign island country and city-state of the Republic of Singapore.
Strait of Malacca
Narrow stretch of water, 930 km in length, between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
The importance of the Strait of Malacca in global trade networks continued well into later centuries with the rise of the Malacca Sultanate in the 15th century, the Johor Sultanate, and the modern city-state of Singapore.
Japanese occupation of Singapore
The name for Singapore when it was occupied and ruled by the Empire of Japan, following the fall and surrender of British military forces on 15 February 1942 during World War II.
The occupation was to become a major turning point in the histories of several nations, including those of Japan, Britain, and Singapore.
Malaysia
Country in Southeast Asia.
Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
Colony of Singapore
British Crown colony for a total of 140 years, interrupted by Japanese invasion during World War II.
The Empire of Japan surrendered to the Allies at the end of World War II and Singapore was returned to British rule in 1945.
Singapore English
Singapore English (SgE, SE, en-SG) (similar and related to British English) is the set of varieties of the English language native to Singapore.