Library / English Dictionary

EAST INDIES

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(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

East India; East Indies; Malay Archipelago

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "East Indies"):

Sunda Islands (a chain of islands in the western Malay Archipelago)

Borneo; Kalimantan (3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago)

Meronyms (members of "East Indies"):

East Indian (a native or inhabitant of the East Indies)

Malay; Malayan (a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago)

Domain member region:

curry ((East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice)

Holonyms ("East Indies" is a part of...):

Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)

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