Peranakan 峇峇娘惹
（重定向自Nonya）
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![Two Peranakan women at a tin factory in Pulau Singkep, Riau Islands.](/Images/godic/202501/30/COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_De_echtgenotes_van_twee_werknemers_van_de_Singkep_Tin_Maatschappij_Riouw_TMnr_100072871149.jpg")
![Tjhit Liap Seng (1886) by Lie Kim Hok was considered the first Chinese Malay novel.](/Images/godic/202501/30/Tjhit_Liap_Seng_cover1149.jpg")
![Hok An Kiong Chinese Temple, Jalan Coklat, Surabaya circa 1900-1920. Large Chinese communities were already present in Java when the Dutch arrived just before the 1600. Many Chinese had native concubines until a large group of mestizos arose, spoke Malay or Javanese.](/Images/godic/202501/30/COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Straatgezicht_bij_een_Chinese_tempel_in_Soerabaja_TMnr_100151511149.jpg")
Peranakan Chinese or Straits-born Chinese are the descendants of Chinese immigrants who came to the Malay archipelago including British Malaya (now Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, where they are also referred to as Baba-Nyonya) and Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia; where they're also referred as Kiau-Seng) between the 15th and 17th centuries.