East Indies

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. plural of East Indie form-of,plural
专有名词
  1. Southeast Asia, especially Island Southeast Asia or Indonesia, but also including India, Indochina, Malaya and the Malay Archipelago, from the Philippines to Indonesia. plural,plural-only

词形变化

East-Indies alternative East-Indies alternative

词源

From 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".
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