East Indies
Also called the Indies . SE Asia, including East Timor, India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago.
the Malay Archipelago.
- Also called East India .
Other words from East Indies
- East Indian, adjective, noun
- pseu·do-East In·di·an, adjective, noun
Words Nearby East Indies
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How to use East Indies in a sentence
In Britain and elsewhere, people knew what the East Indies were, and knew of events there.
Obama's Awkward Indonesia Trip | Sahil Mahtani, Kenneth Weisbrode | November 7, 2010 | THE DAILY BEASTBesides, we now know that the plant which furnishes the Chinese tobacco is even said to grow wild in the East Indies.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.No one in Europe now doubted that the western way to the East Indies was discovered.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamAn earthquake near Poonah, in the East Indies, swallowed up a large district and more than 2000 persons.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellYou will soon hear the particulars, but the essential is that the French have not any place of arms in the East Indies.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward Gibbon
Some have, indeed, confounded the scaly lizards of the East Indies with the armadillos of America.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
British Dictionary definitions for East Indies
the Malay Archipelago, including or excluding the Philippines
SE Asia in general
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