EAST INDIES


Meaning of EAST INDIES in English

adjective

Usage: usually capitalized E&I

Etymology: from East Indies, the former Netherlands Indies (in some usage, the entire Malay archipelago; in some usage, India, Indochina, and the Malay archipelago)

: of or from the East Indies : of the kind or style prevalent in the East Indies : east indian

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