Library / English Dictionary

EAST INDIAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of the East Indies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("East Indian" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Holonyms ("East Indian" is a member of...):

East India; East Indies; Malay Archipelago (a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or located in the East Indies

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

East Indies (a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia)

Derivation:

East India (a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia)

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