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Example sentences for: malacca

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Malaysia rose first as a trading point for Asia and Europe, with the ports of Melaka (Malacca in colonial times) and later Singapore, now sovereign and independent.
To protect its seagoing interests and trade routes, Portugal established strategic garrisons in Goa (India), Malacca (East Indies), and Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.
Trading posts were set up all along the west and east coasts of Africa, in the Middle East (Hormuz), southern India (Goa), Malaysia (Malacca), and even in China (Macau).
With the orang laut pirates as allies, Srivijaya controlled the Straits of Melaka (known in colonial times as Malacca), a key link between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.
The ripe gardens give Gulangyu a lazy, tropical atmosphere reminiscent of Macau or Malacca.