Malacca

(mah-lak-kah,) a town on the W. coast of the Malay peninsula, forming, with a small adjoining territory (extending 40 m. along the coast, by 30m. inland), a British settlement and military station. The pop. of the town is abt. 5,000; that of the entire territory, 54,000.- The channel lying between the island of Su matra and the Malay peninsula is called the Strait of Malays, Malacca, and forms the most frequented entrance into the China Sea. [s. 570]