Dutch East Indies

noun

1. the Dutch East Indies
   a former name (1798–1945) of Indonesia Also calledthe Netherlands East Indies

Example Sentences

These were more successful, and became the progenitors of all the coffees of the Dutch East Indies.

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Imports from the Dutch East Indies continued to decline, being fifty-five percent less than in 1920.

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Some one has described the Dutch East Indies as a necklace of emeralds strung on the equator.

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The lunch or tiffin of the Dutch East Indies, consisting of rice with a great variety of spiced meats and vegetables.

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These became the progenitors of all the arabica coffees of the Dutch East Indies.

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