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Definition of East indies
1. Noun. A group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia.
Geographical relationships: Curry
Terms within: Sunda Islands, Borneo, Kalimantan
Generic synonyms: Archipelago
Group relationships: Pacific, Pacific Ocean
Member holonyms: East Indian, Malay, Malayan
Derivative terms: East Indian
Definition of East indies
1. Proper noun. Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia, but also including India, Indochina, Malaya and the Malay Archipelago. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of East Indies
Literary usage of East indies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The life and ... adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1885)
"therefore I inclined to agree to it; for, indeed, I considered that to carry this
whole company to the east indies, would not only bo an intolerable ..."
2. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, Joseph Shield Nicholson (1884)
"The trade to the east indies, if it were altogether free, would probably ...
If, without any exclusive company, the trade of Holland to the east indies ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"When the autumn cruise came to an end, Wolseley, at the suggestion of Sir Edward
Hughes, going out again as commander-in- chief in the east indies, ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The archbishop, who resides at Panjim, or New Goa, has the honorary titles of
Primate of the East and (from 1886) Patriarch of the east indies. ..."
5. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1842)
"The following table shows the quantity of cotton imported into Great Britain,
from the east indies and the United States, respectively, in different years, ..."
6. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"Madras in the east indies taken by the French—§ XV. Expedition to the coast of
Bretagne, and attempt upon Port L'Orient—§ XVI. Naval transactions in the ..."
7. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"King Joseph's Proclamation to all the Inhabitants of the Spanish Dominions in
the West and east indies. " By virtue of the treaties of the 5th and 10th of ..."
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