East Indies

Speech parts

1. East Indies - Noun

2. East Indies - Proper noun

Meaning

a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

East-Indies

Synonyms

East India Malay Archipelago east indian West Indies Dutch East Indies Netherlands Antilles Lesser Sunda Islands Austronesia Greater Sunda Islands Maphilindo malay world malay peninsula and nusantara east indians in the west indies malay peninsula and archipelago
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Examples

Bugsby's reach is long as time, His reach is wide as wind is, He can pick you nettles in Greenwich Marsh And docks in the East Indies. Eleanor Farjeon

After further attempts, Palau islands were made part of the Spanish East Indies in 1885. Source: Internet

According to Moulton, Hubbard told him that he had been machine-gunned in the back near the Dutch East Indies. Source: Internet

As a plantation colony, Suriname was still heavily dependent on manual labour, and to make up for the shortfall, the Dutch brought in contract labourers from the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia ) and India (through an arrangement with the British). Source: Internet

British and allies In 1784, a British lieutenant compiled a detailed list of 205 British officers killed in action during the war, including deaths in Europe, the Caribbean, and the East Indies. Source: Internet

By an act that was passed in 1698, a new "parallel" East India Company (officially titled the English Company Trading to the East Indies) was floated under a state-backed indemnity of £2 million. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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