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EAST INDIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia
Synonyms:
East India; East Indies; Malay Archipelago
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
Meronyms (parts of "East India"):
Sunda Islands (a chain of islands in the western Malay Archipelago)
Borneo; Kalimantan (3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago)
Meronyms (members of "East India"):
East Indian (a native or inhabitant of the East Indies)
Malay; Malayan (a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago)
Domain member region:
curry ((East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice)
Holonyms ("East India" is a part of...):
Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)
Derivation:
East Indian (of or relating to or located in the East Indies)
