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    EAST INDIES

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australiaplay

    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 Indies"):

    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 Indies"):

    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 Indies" is a part of...):

    Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)

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