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单词 east indies
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East Indies

[ eest-in-deez ]
/ ˈist ˈɪn diz /

plural noun

Also called the Indies . SE Asia, including East Timor, India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago.
the Malay Archipelago.
Also called East India .

OTHER WORDS FROM East Indies

East Indian, adjective, nounpseu·do-East In·di·an, adjective, noun

Words nearby East Indies

East Hartford, East Haven, East India Company, East Indian, East Indian walnut, East Indies, easting, easting down, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, East Islip, East Kilbride
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Example sentences from the Web for East Indies

  • The child is yours: for it cannot belong to a man who has been three years absent in the East-Indies.

    Three Hours after Marriage|John Gay
  • They are so call'd, because the same sort is found in the East-Indies.

    A New Voyage to Carolina|John Lawson
  • The manner of building is somewhat strange: yet generally used in this Part of the East-Indies.

    The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898--Volume 39 of 55|Various

British Dictionary definitions for East Indies

East Indies

pl n the East Indies

the Malay Archipelago, including or excluding the Philippines
SE Asia in general
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