Indies

[ in-deez ]

noun

1. the Indies. (used with a plural verb) West Indies ( def 1 ).
2. (used with a plural verb) East Indies ( def 1 ).
3. (used with a singular verb) a region in and near southern and southeastern Asia; India, Indochina, and the East Indies.

Indies

/ ˈɪndɪz /

noun

1. the territories of S and SE Asia included in the East Indies, India, and Indochina
2. See East Indies
   See East Indies
3. See West Indies
   See West Indies

Example Sentences

Voodoo is the official religion of Haiti and was brought into the West Indies nation by African slaves.

From The Daily Beast

Many of those films you mentioned fall in the $2-10 million range, and that range for indies is really disappearing.

From The Daily Beast

The synchronized dance has locations from the West Indies to Austria and Hong Kong to Australia.

From The Daily Beast

“It is by necessity that the indies are really beating the bushes and looking for the new and interesting,” he says.

From The Daily Beast

“Indies have low overhead, are nimble, and rarely work by committees,” Spillman says.

From The Daily Beast

Besides, we now know that the plant which furnishes the Chinese tobacco is even said to grow wild in the East Indies.

From Project Gutenberg

In his opinion, "only that (p. 099) which is fostered in the Indies, and brought home by Mariners and Traffiquers, is to be used."

From Project Gutenberg

The acid is extracted from the juice of the citron, the lime, and the lemon, fruits grown in Sicily and the West Indies.

From Project Gutenberg

Receiving small encouragement in England, he applied to sugar-cane planters to give his engines a trial in the West Indies.

From Project Gutenberg

I expect that the people who ordered the engine for the West Indies are also tired of waiting.

From Project Gutenberg