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east indies

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
east- indies
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Southeast Asia, especially Island Southeast Asia or Indonesia, but also including India, Indochina, Malaya and the Malay Archipelago, from the Philippines to Indonesia.

noun

plural of East Indie

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".

Inflected Forms

East-Indies (alternative)

Phrases

Dutch East Indies Spanish East Indies East Indian East Indiaman West Indies East India

Frequently Paired Words

West Indies East India Indies

Questions

What does east indies mean?
Southeast Asia, especially Island Southeast Asia or Indonesia, but also including India, Indochina, Malaya and the Malay Archipelago, from the Philippines to Indonesia.
Where does east indies come from?
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".

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