Southeast Asian
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Southeast Asian nations have faced severe economic strain.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
When Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi last year in Malaysia on the sidelines of a Southeast Asian nations conference, Rubio said the goal was “strategic stability.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
The name combines "Naga," a legendary serpent from Thai and Southeast Asian mythology, with "Titan," referencing the giants of Greek mythology.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
Earlier this year, Sunway Healthcare raised $736.3 million in the Southeast Asian country’s biggest IPO in nearly a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Only on the remote Andaman Islands do languages unrelated to the South Chinese language families persist—the last linguistic survivors of what must have been hundreds of now extinct aboriginal Southeast Asian languages.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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