Southeast Asia

[sohth-eest ey-zhuh, ey-shuh]

noun

1. the countries and land area of Brunei, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Southeast Asia

noun

1. a region including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam

Southeast Asia

1. A geographical subdivision of Asia that includes the following nations: Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Other Word Forms

• Southeast Asian adjective

Example Sentences

Cosmax was founded in 1992 and has grown into the largest cosmetics ODM in the world, supplying 4,500 brands from its factories in South Korea, China, the U.S. and Southeast Asia.

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Police said the raids were part of a broader operation to dismantle a "transnational network believed to be run out of Southeast Asia".

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The China-US trade standoff was encouraging countries to relocate production out of China to Southeast Asia and India, and the IMF reported a shift in trade flows towards Asia in the automotive sector.

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Industrial-scale scam compounds have sprouted across Southeast Asia, and Cambodia has become one of the epicenters.

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On the other, Southeast Asia stands to gain from manufacturing and investment relocation, as firms look for neutral ground.

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