"East Indies" meaning in English

See East Indies in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From east + Indies, a qualification added to distinguish the original lands and islands of "India" (inclusive of areas from Subsaharan Africa to Indonesia and Japan) from the "West Indies". Etymology templates: {{compound|en|east|Indies}} east + Indies Head templates: {{en-proper noun|p|head=East Indies}} East Indies pl (plural only)
  1. Southeast Asia, especially Island Southeast Asia or Indonesia, but also including India, Indochina, Malaya and the Malay Archipelago, from the Philippines to Indonesia. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (place): Asia, Islands Derived forms: Dutch East Indies, Spanish East Indies, East Indian, East Indiaman Related terms: West Indies, East India, Indies Translations (Southeast Asia): Օստ Ինդիա (Ōst India) (Armenian), Índies Orientals [feminine, plural] (Catalan), 東印度 (Chinese Mandarin), 东印度 (Dōngyìndù) (Chinese Mandarin), Ostindien (Danish), Oost-Indië [neuter] (Dutch), Indes orientales [feminine, plural] (French), Indias Orientais [feminine, plural] (Galician), Ostindien [neuter] (German), Na hIndiacha Thoir [masculine, plural] (Irish), Indie Orientali [feminine, plural] (Italian), India Orientalis [feminine] (Latin), Índias Orientais [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), Indiile Orientale [feminine, plural] (Romanian), Ост-И́ндия (Ost-Índija) (Russian), Indias Orientales [plural] (Spanish), Ostindien (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-East_Indies-en-name-~fOckpeY Disambiguation of Asia: 90 10 Disambiguation of Islands: 67 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum, English retronyms, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 77 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English retronyms: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 80 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} East Indies
  1. plural of East Indie Tags: form-of, plural Form of: East Indie Synonyms: East-Indies [archaic]
    Sense id: en-East_Indies-en-noun-h~~r-tYt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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