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Alternative forms

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• East-Indies (archaic)

Etymology 1

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English Wikipedia has an article on:East IndiesWikipedia

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

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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

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• Dutch East Indies
• Spanish East Indies
• East Indian
• East Indiaman

Related terms

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• West Indies
• East India
• Indies

Translations

[edit] Southeast Asia

Armenian: Օստ Ինդիա (Ōst India) Catalan: Índies Orientals f pl Chinese: Mandarin: 東印度 / 东印度 (Dōngyìndù) Danish: Ostindien Dutch: Oost-Indië n French: Indes orientales (fr) f pl Galician: Indias Orientais f pl German: Ostindien (de) n Irish: Na hIndiacha Thoir m pl Italian: Indie Orientali f pl Latin: India Orientalis f Polish: Indie Wschodnie nvir pl Portuguese: Índias Orientais f pl Romanian: Indiile Orientale f pl Russian: Ост-И́ндия (ru) (Ost-Índija) Spanish: Indias Orientales pl Swedish: Ostindien Welsh: yr India Ddwyreiniol f

Etymology 2

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Noun

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East Indies

1. plural of East Indie

Anagrams

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• adenitises, desanitise, dessiatine

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