Malay Archipelago
English
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Proper noun
[edit]the Malay Archipelago
- An archipelago and cultural region of Southeast Asia consisting of the islands between mainland Southeast Asia and Australia, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, East Malaysia (the part of Malaysia on the island of Borneo) and East Timor.
Usage notes
[edit]- The island of New Guinea or islands of Papua New Guinea are not always included in definitions of the Malay Archipelago.
Meronyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]archipelago
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Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English multiword terms
- en:Islands
- en:Geographic and cultural areas of Asia
- en:Geographic and cultural areas of Indonesia
- en:Geographic and cultural areas of the Philippines
- en:Geographic and cultural areas of Brunei
- en:Geographic and cultural areas of Malaysia
- en:Geographic and cultural areas of East Timor
- en:Places in Indonesia
- en:Places in the Philippines
- en:Places in Brunei
- en:Places in Malaysia
- en:Places in East Timor