East Indies

[ eest in-deez ]

plural noun

1. Also called the Indies. SE Asia, including East Timor, India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago.
2. the Malay Archipelago.

East Indies

plural noun

1. the Malay Archipelago, including or excluding the Philippines
2. SE Asia in general

Other Words From

• East In·di·an adjective noun
• pseu·do-East In·di·an adjective noun

Example Sentences

In Britain and elsewhere, people knew what the East Indies were, and knew of events there.

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

No one in Europe now doubted that the western way to the East Indies was discovered.

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An earthquake near Poonah, in the East Indies, swallowed up a large district and more than 2000 persons.

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You will soon hear the particulars, but the essential is that the French have not any place of arms in the East Indies.

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Some have, indeed, confounded the scaly lizards of the East Indies with the armadillos of America.

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