The Straits Settlements. / (informal) The British rock band Dire Straits.

plural of straitness

A difficult position.

The strait dividing mainland China from Taiwan and connecting the East and South China Seas.

The strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra.

A strait in the English Channel, connecting to the North Sea, between Dover (England) and Calais (France)

A strait separating Anglesey from mainland Wales.

A strait separating the islands of Negros and Cebu and connecting the Visayan Sea to the Bohol Sea.

(historical) A group of British territories located in Southeast Asia that consists of modern day Malacca, Penang and Perak in Malaysia, Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in Australia and Singapore.

Synonym of Strait of Kerch