Editing Peranakan Chinese (section)

===Straits Chinese===
One of the sub-groups of Chinese-Peranakan, '''Straits Chinese''' or '''Straits-born Chinese''' were defined as those born or living in the [[Straits Settlements]]: a British colony consisting of [[Malacca]], [[Penang]], and [[Singapore]] which was established in 1826.<ref name="google"/> Straits Chinese were not considered Baba Nyonya unless they displayed certain Sino-Malay syncretic attributes, in terms of attire worn, food, spoken language, choice of education, preferred career choices, choice of religion and loyalties.<ref name="google">{{cite book |author=Ooi |first=Keat Gin |author-link=Keat Gin Ooi |url= |title=Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-57607-770-2}}</ref>

However, given that 'Straits Chinese' is a geographical designator specific to the former British colonies in the region, whereas 'Peranakan Chinese' is a broader genealogical designator covering all parts of the Nusantara region where Chinese people settled (including areas colonized by the Dutch, who would not have used the word 'Straits'), the two terms cannot be said to fully overlap or be interchangeable. Someone who is said to be 'Straits Chinese' in British colonial documents might, for example, be non-Peranakan, i.e. a person who arrived in the Nusantara region during much later periods of Chinese migration.

Conversely, the other Dutch, Malay and Siamese-speaking Peranakan Chinese in Dutch East Indies, Siam and Malaya would be unlikely to refer to themselves using the English term 'Straits Chinese'.