All related terms of 'Indies'

Indie music refers to rock or pop music produced by new bands working with small, independent record companies.

the Malay Archipelago , including or excluding the Philippines

an archipelago off Central America, extending over 2400 km (1500 miles) in an arc from the peninsula of Florida to Venezuela , separating the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean : consists of the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas; largest island is Cuba . Area: over 235 000 sq km (91 000 sq miles)

the former possession of Denmark in the W Lesser Antilles, sold to the US in 1917

→ Netherlands (East) Indies

→ the Dutch West Indies

islands in the West Indies that belong to France, including two overseas departments ( Martinique & Guadeloupe ) & several former dependencies of Guadeloupe

a former name for the states in the Caribbean that are members of the Commonwealth : the Bahamas, Barbados , Jamaica , Trinidad and Tobago , Antigua and Barbuda , Saint Kitts and Nevis , Dominica , Grenada , Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; along with the islands which remain as United Kingdom dependencies : Anguilla , the Cayman Islands, Montserrat , the Turks and Caicos Islands and the British Virgin Islands

former island possessions of the Netherlands , in the East Indies : now part of Indonesia

→ the Netherlands West Indies

a republic in SE Asia, in the Malay Archipelago , consisting of the main islands of Sumatra , Java and Madura , Bali , Sulawesi ( Celebes ), Lombok , Sumbawa , Flores , the Moluccas, part of Timor , part of Borneo ( Kalimantan ), Papua (formerly Irian Jaya ), and over 3000 small islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans: became the Dutch East Indies in 1798; declared independence in 1945; became a republic in 1950; East Timor (illegally annexed in 1975) became independent in 2002. Parts of Sumatra suffered badly in the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004. Official language: Indonesian . Religion: Muslim majority . Currency: rupiah . Capital: Jakarta . Pop: 263 991 379 (2017 est). Area: 1 919 317 sq km (741 052 sq miles)

two groups of islands in the Caribbean , in the Lesser Antilles: a former constituent country of the Netherlands (since 2010 each island has had a separate status ), consisting of the S group of Curaçao, Aruba , and Bonaire, and the N group of Saint Eustatius, Saba , and the S part of Saint Martin ; economy based on refining oil from Venezuela . Pop: 222 000 (2004 est). Area: 996 sq km (390 sq miles)

various islands in the Lesser Antilles, administered by France; chiefly Guadeloupe , Martinique , Saint-Barthélemy and the French part of Saint Martin . Pop: 838 000 (2004 est). Area: 2792 sq km (1077 sq miles)

a republic in SE Asia, in the Malay Archipelago , consisting of the main islands of Sumatra , Java and Madura , Bali , Sulawesi ( Celebes ), Lombok , Sumbawa , Flores , the Moluccas, part of Timor , part of Borneo ( Kalimantan ), Papua (formerly Irian Jaya ), and over 3000 small islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans: became the Dutch East Indies in 1798; declared independence in 1945; became a republic in 1950; East Timor (illegally annexed in 1975) became independent in 2002. Parts of Sumatra suffered badly in the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004. Official language: Indonesian . Religion: Muslim majority . Currency: rupiah . Capital: Jakarta . Pop: 263 991 379 (2017 est). Area: 1 919 317 sq km (741 052 sq miles)

two groups of islands in the Caribbean , in the Lesser Antilles: a former constituent country of the Netherlands (since 2010 each island has had a separate status ), consisting of the S group of Curaçao, Aruba , and Bonaire, and the N group of Saint Eustatius, Saba , and the S part of Saint Martin ; economy based on refining oil from Venezuela . Pop: 222 000 (2004 est). Area: 996 sq km (390 sq miles)

former confederation of countries associated with the United Kingdom in matters of foreign relations & defense