East Indies

English Alternative forms en East-Indies archaic Etymology 1 From en 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". Proper noun p East Indies Southeast Asia, especially Island Southeast Asia or Indonesia, but also including India, Indochina, Malaya and the Malay Archipelago, from the Philippines to Indonesia. Derived terms en Dutch East Indies en Spanish East Indies en East Indian en East Indiaman Related terms en West Indies en East India en Indies Translations Southeast Asia Armenian: hy Օստ Ինդիա Catalan: ca Índies Orientals f-p Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 東印度 Danish: da Ostindien Dutch: nl Oost-Indië n French: fr Indes orientales f-p Galician: gl Indias Orientais f-p German: de Ostindien n Indonesian: id Hindia Timur Irish: ga Indiacha Thoir m-p Na hIndiacha Thoir Italian: it Indie Orientali f-p Latin: la India Orientalis f Polish: pl Indie Wschodnie nv-p Portuguese: pt Índias Orientais f-p Romanian: ro Indiile Orientale f-p Russian: ru Ост-И́ндия Spanish: es Indias Orientales p Swedish: sv Ostindien Welsh: cy yr India Ddwyreiniol f Etymology 2 Noun en noun form en East Indie Anagrams en adeeiinsst adenitises desanitise dessiatine en retronyms en Asia Islands