East Indies

• East-Indies (archaic)

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".

East Indies pl (plural only)

1. Southeast Asia, especially Island Southeast Asia or Indonesia, but also including India, Indochina, Malaya and the Malay Archipelago, from the Philippines to Indonesia.

• Dutch East Indies
• Spanish East Indies
• East Indian
• East Indiaman

• West Indies
• East India
• Indies

East Indies

1. plural of East Indie

• adenitises, desanitise, dessiatine