Southeast Asian

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adjective

of or relating to Southeast Asia or its inhabitants

noun

a native or inhabitant of Southeast Asia

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Words nearby Southeast Asian

Southdown, South Downs, South Dum Dum, southeast, Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, southeast by east, southeast by south, southeaster, southeasterly

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How to use Southeast Asian in a sentence

It is about ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations, of which Burma is a member].
Obama Does Delicate Dance on Historic Visit to Burma|Lennox Samuels|November 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Children of Southeast Asian descent have the highest high-school dropout rate of any group in the United States.
Texas Teenager Diane Tran Jailed for Working Hard|Joie Chen|May 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Authors Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid serve as ambassadors of Southeast Asian cooking, translating it for the Western palate.
Fresh Picks|John Besh|November 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Clinton ends her foreign trip on the island resort of Phuket, Thailand, for an ASEAN meeting of Southeast Asian leaders.
Hillary on Center Stage|Richard Wolffe|July 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Nor is it about a borough inhabited by new waves of Arab or Southeast Asian immigrants.
The Daily Beast Recommends|The Daily Beast|May 5, 2009|DAILY BEAST
At the same time, individual staff and students of the Program have done field research in every Southeast Asian country.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff