East Indies

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

From east +‎ Indies, a qualification added to distinguish the original lands and islands of "India" (inclusive of areas from Subsaharan Africa to Indonesia and Japan) from the "West Indies".

Proper noun

[edit]

East Indies pl (plural only)

  1. Southeast Asia, especially Island Southeast Asia or Indonesia, but also including India, Indochina, Malaya and the Malay Archipelago, from the Philippines to Indonesia.
Derived terms
[edit]
[edit]
Translations
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

East Indies

  1. plural of East Indie

Anagrams

[edit]