EAST INDIA COMPANY


Meaning of EAST INDIA COMPANY in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized E&I&C

Etymology: East India, collective name applied loosely and vaguely to India, Indochina, and the Malay archipelago

: any of several companies organized chiefly during the 17th and 18th centuries for carrying on trade with the East Indies

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