East Indies
[ eest-in-deez ]
/ ˈist ˈɪn diz /
plural noun
Also called the Indies . SE Asia, including East Timor, India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago.
the Malay Archipelago.
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OTHER WORDS FROM East Indies
East Indian, adjective, nounpseu·do-East In·di·an, adjective, nounWords nearby East Indies
East Hartford,
East Haven,
East India Company,
East Indian,
East Indian walnut,
East Indies,
easting,
easting down,
East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
East Islip,
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How to use East Indies in a sentence
According to Pew, 14 of the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa have blasphemy laws.
“Please, please do not permit this to happen here in Florida,” wrote Cris K. Smith of East Polk County.
They took cover inside a print works to the north east of Paris, where they held a member of staff as a hostage.
Sales are best in Asia, London, the Middle East, and Russia.
Eventually, DeCrow and Seidenberg filed suit against the East Village mainstay.
Descending the Alps to the east or south into Piedmont, a new world lies around and before you.
The east window in this church has been classed as the A1 of modern painted windows.
The cantonment was split into two sections by an irregular ravine, or nullah, running east and west.
Of course, my first row was a long one, quite through the city from west to east, including innumerable turnings and windings.
Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!
British Dictionary definitions for East Indies
pl n the East Indies
the Malay Archipelago, including or excluding the Philippines
SE Asia in general
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