East Indies

Meanings

Proper Noun

Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia, but also including India, Indochina, Malaya and the Malay Archipelago.

Noun

Plural of East Indie

Origin

From east + Indies, to distinguish from the West Indies, designating the original Indies as the East Indies.

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